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Released: Jan 1, 2010
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"Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex?"
Includes 11 out of 13 tracks
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"One of the most enthralling, captivating releases of 2010, HYSMPC? is one of those albums that you can listen to dozens of times without ever settling on a favorite song, because they're all your favorite. It's one of those albums where you want to show it to the whole world, but you'll only show it to a select few friends because it's that good. You won't just recommend this to any old acquaintance. This album is basically equivalent to how I want my marriage to be. After my honeymoon phase with Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex?, I continue to love it dearly and take it to bed with me every night."

Thomas Nassiff - Absolutepunk.net (93%)

General Info

  • Genre: Indie / Jazz / Rock

    Location Brooklyn, New York, Un

    Profile Views: 284145

    Last Login: 9/6/2011

    Member Since 8/9/2007

    Website www.agreatbigpileofleaves.com

    Record Label Unsigned

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Brooklyn-based trio A Great Big Pile of Leaves originated in 2007 when guitarist/singer Peter Weiland and drummer Tyler Soucy took time from their prior projects to start writing material together. The first six songs came together as the self-released EP The Fiery Works, which the duo put out as a free download on the band’s official website. As word spread online, the band’s fanbase grew - along with Weiland and Soucy's excitement to get back to recording. Taking advantage of the positive word-of-mouth, A Great Big Pile of Leaves released another self-produced EP - The Fiery Works II - again as a free online download. Within the next year, both digital releases accumulated over 12,000 downloads and the group prepared for a live setting with the addition of bassist Tucker Yaro. After playing several shows and writing a batch of new songs over the next few months, the newfound trio geared up to record the full-length album Have You Seen My Perfrontal Cortex?. Each member took on engineering, production, mixing and mastering duties during the recording process; the record became a full collaboration of each member’s respective influences and knowledge. "We don't like to set up any boundaries when writing; we don't consciously come into it with any walls up" says Soucy. "The three of us have a rather eclectic background of musical influences and we like to explore that and have a good time. The only thing we knew coming into this record, is that we were in control and that we wanted to make the best record we could; something we would enjoy from beginning to end with no sense of filler." Since the release of Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex? in summer 2010, the group has seen a rapidly growing fanbase as well as praise on influential sites like absolutepunk.net - where the record was reviewed with a 93% approval rating. The momentum continues in the rest of 2010 with a vinyl release of the album and a large-scale fall tour to showcase A Great Big Pile of Leaves’ powerful live set to a wider audience. “The positive reactions to our music have been pretty overwhelming so far, especially in a day and age when the Internet seems to be filled with a lot of negativity on message boards,” explains Soucy, “we haven't really gotten much of that yet.” A Great Big Pile of Leaves will be hitting the road this fall on their first national tour - opening for Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, and Saves the Day. “This fall tour is exactly what our band needs to be doing and at the perfect time so we're extremely grateful for the opportunity,” Soucy continues. “I spent most of high school listening to these three bands, so it's going to be pretty surreal to walk off stage every night and watch the rest of the line-up,” he adds, “it's going to be a great time.”

  • Members

    Pete Weiland, Tyler Soucy & Tucker Yaro

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Contact

Management:
Jesse Johnson
Jessemack@gmail.com

Booking:
David Galea / The Agency Group
davidgalea@theagencygroup.com

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  1. A Great Big Pile of Leaves

    Friendly reminder to grab tickets for our NYC record release show @studioatwebster w/ @youngstatues & @hbsbmusic - http://t.co/aaTODzGhtQ

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    . @sslyby we still need to tour together sometime. Just saying!

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    Just a reminder that you can preorder our new record over at @topshelfrecords right now! http://t.co/6OXAqCc4ar

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    Go check out another track from our new record over at purevolume ! http://t.co/JUMJNuG3xP

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    The best part of showing up to the movie theatre super early is getting to listen to @taylorswift in a dark room with a bunch of strangers.

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