The Album Leaf Gets Dizzy for New Single "Say So"

The Oshawa band's Katie Munshaw contributes vocals and lyrics to the electronic track

Photo: The Album Leaf by Michael Raines (left), Dizzy by boy wonder (right)

BY Megan LaPierrePublished Dec 2, 2022

The Album Leaf — the long-running, ambient-leaning electronic project of San Diego, CA-based musician Jimmy LaValle — has recruited Oshawa, ON's finest, Dizzy, for his latest single.

"Say So" features vocals and lyrics by the band's Katie Munshaw. While LaValle has done a number of movie soundtracks in recent years, his last non-film release was 2016's Between Waves, followed by a 20th anniversary reimagining of sophomore album One Day I'll Be on Time in 2021. Dizzy released their first new music since 2020 sophomore album The Sun and Her Scorch last month with "Barking Dog."

"'Say So' is a cool track that started out as a completely different one," LaValle shared in a statement. "I had sent Katie a different track to write and sing to and when she sent me her vocal track back, I thought my original song didn't quite fit the metaphorical, playful nature of her lyrics and delivery. It was a fun process to completely write a new track inspired her vocal. I wanted to experiment with some uncomfortable melodic elements, sounds and just generally make a playful track. Really happy to have worked with Katie and her voice is really great and I think we made something nice together."

Munshaw added: "I used to get these ladybugs that would hide out in my bedroom during the winter months. They'd fly at my computer screen and I simultaneously hated when they came near me but also felt betrayed how they wanted to leave in the spring. I thought they were a pretty accurate metaphor for real relationships in my life so I decided to write about it. I wrote 'Say So' with the Album Leaf peak pandemic. It was one of the first times writing without my band members and it was exciting to feel vulnerable writing with someone new, albeit locked inside my room with bugs."

The song likewise captures the gentle palpitation of ladybug wings with thrumming drum machines, with atmospheric synths adding a foreboding sense of anticipating spring's arrival.

Listen to "Say So" below.

 

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