Carbon Leaf: I Want To Be Leaf Tour

An indie folk rock staple

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 harmony with acoustic and electric instrumentation to create a 12-song rumination on time, love and personal growth that’s equal parts urgent epiphany and contented exhalation.

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 first unsigned band to perform before millions on the AMAs.

After a trio of charting albums for Vanguard Records, multiple songwriting awards and headlining shows, Carbon Leaf opted to return to the 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 they’ve recorded releases for their own Constant Ivy imprint ever since. Carbon Leaf’s DIY spirit even extended to re-recording their three Vanguard albums in order to regain the rights.

You may also like the following events from The Ark - Ann Arbor:

• This Tuesday, 22nd July, 08:00 pm, Artist Spotlight: McKinley James in Ann Arbor
• This Wednesday, 23rd July, 12:00 am, Artist Spotlight: McKinley James - Livestream in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• This Wednesday, 23rd July, 08:00 pm, Breabach in Ann Arbor

Also check out other Music events in Ann Arbor, Entertainment events in Ann Arbor.