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G R E E N - L E A F  Maria, Leon, Luis, & Rebecca (In order of Pictures)
On January 22, 2010, after many underground festivals the band announced that their debut album "Spectrum Overflow" released March 23, 2010.
Their first album as Green Leaf, Spectrum Overflow, debuted at number 1 on the UK album charts and number nine on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Charts. The album spawned hit singles such as "Insomnia", "Spectrum Overflow" "Party with Gandhi" and "Don't Fuck With The Stars (You Space Men)". Even before releasing the album Green Leaf managed to get nominated for the 20th IMA Awards for "Best Newcomer", and for "Best Artwork" for the "Spectrum Overflow". Despite losing, the band gained accountable recognition.
After months of touring on the "Spectrum Overflow Tour", the band announced that their second studio album "The Stone Age" will be released in 2011 once the band ends their on going hiatus.
Lead guitarist and vocalist, Leon also temporarily joined "The Producers" who's debut album "A Stomach for Sound" will be released.
T H E - A L B U M S
Spectrum Overflow
"Spectrum Overflow"' was released on March 23, 2010. The band began writing for the album summer of 2009. Recording began in January 2010 and went on for two months.Green Leaf suggested that the album will be completely different from their demo and were warning fans on the new musical journey and representation that was initially tended for the band. "The label was shocked once they heard "Spectrum Overflow". They expected to hear something more prissy and mainstream. We were afraid that they were not going to support the experimental project."
The album cover art for Spectrum Overflow was created by Green Leaf who was inspired by the industry and it's lush overflow produciton. "We wanted something original and different, but something that was parallel to what we were talking about. The album cover is a true representation of what this album stands for in terms of the production."
On March 15, 2010 Green Leaf released the lead single entitled "Insomnia" free on their official website and other outlets. The singles peaked #25 in the US Charts and #2 in the UK, a milsestone for be band's mainstream success.
The band stated: "Our personal experiences. Fame and everything! That’s what our album “Spectrum Overflow” talks about. With all this colorful and lush type of music overflowing the industry, will our music drown within it? That's the whole experiment with this album is. It's going to be a rough journey".
Despite, the label worrying about the album's success. The album managed to debut at #1 in the UK album Charts, #9 in the US Billboard 200.
Green Leaf announced and went on their first headlining tour entitled "The Spectrum Overflow" to promote the album. They also performed on VH1's Storytellers and on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The album is known for opening opportunities for many experimental artists and bands. Track-listing:
1. Spectrum Overflow
2. Thirsty (Intro to Photosynthesis)
3. Photosynthesis
4. Don’t Fuck with the Stars (You Space Men)
5. No Joke
6. Noon So Soon
7. You Smiling Charlatans
8. Adaptation
9. Party with Ghandi
10. Insomnia T H E - S I N G L E S Insomnia
Don't Fuck with the Stars (You Space Men)
Spectrum Overflow
Party With Gandhi T H E - M U S I C - V I D E O S Insomnia Music Video Setting & Description:
The music video takes place inside a Trish’s dorm room during 12:00am to 8:00am. Trish takes the role of an obsessed music and Green Leaf fan. In her dorm she has a poster that reads “Go green or Go to Sleep” and on her floor she has a stack of CD’s. The CD on top happens to be Green Leaf’s new album, as the cover is seen. She even has a leaf-shaped clock on top of what looks like a desk and on the bead there is a Green Leaf costume made blanket. Trish is also insomniac but only because she’s obsessed with music and the media and it over takes her.
Music Video:
The music video begins with 19 year old college kid Trish sitting on her bed. Trish takes a look at her alarm clock and it reads 12:00am, seconds later the song “Insomnia” finally
begins. Trish is constantly looking out her window as if someone was watching her since she has that paranoia. However when she looks out her window she notices some people
coming into her building at 12:00am in the morning, which was not normal. Suddenly she hears a knock on the door and before she could even open it, her friends burst in the
door and start a crash party. This represents the first distraction by Insomnia. The party scene is hectic and you see Trish sitting down as her friends begin to drink alcohol while
Trish mimes the chorus of the song. When the catchy part of the song finally reaches, they force Trish to dance. A shot of her and her friends dancing behind her is then seen.
You’ll notice the friends are all smiling evilly, while Trisha is frowning. This represents the second distraction by Insomnia. Finally Trish puts her foot down and tells everyone to leave. She pushes them out of her dorm and locks the door. When she is about to sit on her bed, the bed “magically” moves as if it were escaping from her! This represents the third distraction by insomnia. She finally manages to sit on her bed, she lays her head back and as soon as her head hits the pillow a marching band burst into the door (As the climax of the song builds), the TV turns on and so does the radio, waking her up and out of the bed! The marching band (the fourth distraction by insomnia) is Green Leaf. You see Maria, Rebecca, Leon and Luis singing the orchestral bridge of the song while playing their instruments. Trish while star struck begins to cover her ears. The room begins to shake and the movement spills a glass of wine. The wine turns into water and begins to flood the room as if the spill was actually capable of flooding the whole room. Trish then hangs on to her bed as the water is almost reaching the top of it. The band begins to disappear as the water rises. Insomnia takes more effect but kills. Finally, when the room is close to being fully flooded by the rising water, with the help of Maria and Rebecca Trish swims to the top for air. As soon as she reaches the top, the whole water in the room jumps back into a small glass of wine. Trisha gasps for air, and goes mad. The screamo part of the song starts, and Trisha begins to smash her TV so it won’t turn on , throws her radio against the wall so it won’t work, and finally grabs all her Green Leaf posters and CD's and throws them out of her window. The song finishes and since the sun is already out Trish looks at the camera shrugs and leaves her room to go to class.
A N N O U N C E M E N T S Here's the album cover to "The Stone Age":  Album Details TBA SOON......H O T - E Y E - R E C O R D S  Edited by user 24 May 2011 02:01:41(UTC)
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