A Great Big Pile of Leaves - Pono
…meticulous, sophisticated music about living as casually as possible. – Ian Cohen, Stereogum
…softly wistful indie rock. They’ve always been more Real Estate than Sunny Day Real Estate… – Chris Deville, Stereogum
…picks up right where the warm, chilled-out, subtly mathy sounds of You’re Always On My Mind left off. – Andrew Sacher, BrooklynVegan
…emo idols A Great Big Pile Of Leaves are back… – Zac Gelfand, Uproxx
Recalls the conversational and cerebral, turn-of-the-millennium indie rock of Wheat or later Dismemberment Plan… – Pitchfork
Brooklyn-bred A Great Big Pile of Leaves deals in 90’s tinged indie-rock that is brainy yet accessible. Founded by Pete Weiland and Tyler Soucy in 2007, the band expanded to include Tucker Yaro, writing and recording as a trio since the release of their self-produced and self-released debut album Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex? in 2010 – which was largely distributed via free download on the band’s website.
In 2013 A Great Big Pile of Leaves signed with Topshelf Records for the release of their Ed Ackerson (The Replacements, The Jayhawks) produced sophomore LP You’re Always on My Mind, which debuted across five Billboard charts and garnered critical acclaim from Pitchfork, NYLON, Stereogum, BrooklynVegan, Noisey, WNYC/NPR and more.
Produced by A Great Big Pile of Leaves and recorded primarily at their home studio, new album Pono was mixed by touring guitarist Matthew Weber at Gradwell House Recording and mastered by Dave Downham (Beach Slang, Into It. Over It.).