Perils From The Sea is a collaboration between Jimmy LaValle of the Album Leaf and Mark Kozelek. It’s a set of long, somber songs that melds LaValle’s spacious, orchestral electronic instrumentation with Kozelek’s forthright and world-weary vocals. They’re transfixing, often beautiful, sometimes unsettling. The collaboration grew out of mutual admiration. Kozelek had seen LaValle play a few times, both in his old band Tristeza and the Album Leaf, and was impressed; and he is a fan, especially, of Torey’s Distraction, last year’s soundtrack album from the Album Leaf. LaValle will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him and Kozelek.
LaValle: I, like most people, drink too much coffee. I love this coffee. They hail from Portland, but have opened more locations in Seattle, New York and, soon, my hometown of Los Angeles. However, my local coffee shop, Cafe de Leche in Highland Park carries Stumptown coffee. You can’t go wrong with the Hair Bender blend. It has beans from Latin America, East Africa and Indonesia. It can have up to eight different coffees in any bag. Hence the title, Hair Bender. It’s delicious and definitely wakes me up without fail, every morning.
Video after the jump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73iBDtBp6Gs
