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SUMMARY:Carbon Leaf
DESCRIPTION:CARBON LEAF Folk Rock Indie Roots 7 PM 8 PM *See venue bag po
 licy* 18+ Valid ID required for entry into venue Under 18 permitted with
  parent (Accepted forms of ID: State Issued ID or Driver's License\, Mil
 itary ID\, Passport.) CARBON LEAF: Carbon Leaf’s fifteenth studio album\
 , Time is the Playground is both a call to action and an embrace of the 
 moment. Marrying nostalgic storytelling to nuanced\, folk-infused indie 
 rock\, the Richmond\, Virginia band embroiders heartfelt melody and harm
 ony with acoustic and electric instrumentation to create a 12-song rumin
 ation on time\, love and personal growth that’s equal parts urgent epiph
 any and contented exhalation. “Everybody says people don’t listen to alb
 ums anymore\,” mulled Carbon Leaf frontman Barry Privett\, holed up in a
  coastal cottage. “So\, the challenge for us was to make something that 
 felt good to get through from beginning to end … to listen to like a sto
 ry.” Originally formed as a college cover band in 1992 and with over 3\,
 500 famously enthused live shows together\, Carbon Leaf helped to define
  the aughts indie rock that they ultimately outgrew and outlasted. They 
 first earned national recognition with “The Boxer\,” a song that won the
  American Music Awards 2002 New Music Award and made Carbon Leaf the fir
 st unsigned band to perform before millions on the AMAs. “The Boxer” ent
 ered regular radio rotation\, Carbon Leaf’s tours grew bigger and better
 \, and within a couple of years they quit their day jobs and inked a rec
 ord deal. The band’s fanbase snowballed\, drawn to their infectious spir
 it of commitment\, empathy\, communion\, and self-reliance – not to ment
 ion supremely crafted songs with ultra-relatable\, thought-provoking lyr
 ics. After a trio of charting albums for Vanguard Records\, multiple son
 gwriting awards and headlining shows\, Carbon Leaf opted to return to th
 e complete creative control of their indie roots. Guitarist Terry Clark\
 , who co-founded the band with Privett and multi-instrumentalist Carter 
 Gravatt\, converted his garage into the band’s Two-Car Studio\, where th
 ey’ve recorded releases for their own Constant Ivy imprint ever since. C
 arbon Leaf’s DIY spirit even extended to re-recording their three Vangua
 rd albums in order to regain the rights. Due in September\, Time is the 
 Playground is Carbon Leaf’s first full-length album in a decade\, during
  which they released two EPS and a 27-song live performance album and Bl
 u-ray. Time is the Playground gathers the best of songs written\, in fit
 s and starts\, over 15 years\, alongside brand new ideas. Privett dusted
  off old demos and shut himself away for months to finish their stories\
 , while also honing recent compositions. With Clark engineering\, Carbon
  Leaf – completed by longtime bassist Jon Markel and drummer Jesse Humph
 rey – spent a year and a half recording and mixing the resulting songs. 
 “Thinking about these disparate pieces of music\, I began ruminating on 
 time itself\,” Privett recalled. “The band’s been together a long time. 
 You mature a bit and see yourself in place on the timeline … rolling aro
 und the scenes of love and growth.” Masterfully melding saturated AC/DC 
 guitar and squelchy Cars synth\, “Backmask 1983” is a fun flipbook of ev
 ocative era emblems – Farah Fawcett\, “Satanic Panic\,” Time Life Books\
 , Bigfoot and more – that traverses the simultaneous nexus of Privett’s 
 childhood/adolescence and the world’s analog/digital ages. It’s about mo
 rphing into a new person and a new planet with wide-eyed wonder and a lo
 nging to believe. “Without a whole lot of information\, the mystery of t
 hings felt so heightened\,” recalled Privett of growing up pre-Internet.
  “I wanted to capture some of that but also have fun with it.” “I want w
 hat we create to resonate with ourselves\, to the level that we want to 
 play it for a long time to come\, and where we want others to hear it an
 d experience it\,” Privett concluded. “Hopefully\, listeners can glean t
 he pieces from it that they identify with.” Time is the Playground will 
 be accompanied by the tireless touring almost synonymous with Carbon Lea
 f\, who’ve become a model for self-managing bands in the digital landsca
 pe.\n\nTickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/carbon-leaf-charlotte-north
 -carolina-11-19-2026/event/2D0064CAFBA82984\n\nhttps://findlocal.communi
 ty/event/ffb8297a-2290-483c-9ec8-03cfebe3befd
LOCATION:Neighborhood Theatre\, Charlotte\, NC
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/ffb8297a-2290-483c-9ec8-03cfebe3bef
 d
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