On 12 July 2017, The Album Leaf was a guest on Night Shift w/ Diamondstein. The Album Leaf has been played on NTS shows including Night Shift w/ Diamondstein, with Eleven first played on 17 May 2017.

The Album Leaf officially began in 1998 as the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, guitarist for San Diego, California-based post-rock band Tristeza. LaValle has also performed in several other San Diego-area bands, including Swing Kids, The Locust, GoGoGo Airheart, and The Black Heart Procession.

Before Tristeza released Spine and Sensory on Makoto records in 1998, the band was talking with a handful of different indie record labels. One of…