Last week was all about the new Beach House album.  This week is a little be quieter, but there’s still some good music hitting the shelves today.  The Album Leaf releases their fifth LP today, A Chorus of Storytellers (pictured above).  If you’re looking for a beautiful soundtrack to your day take a listen to the mostly-instrumental ambient, atmospheric, moody (whatever you want to call it) tunes found on A Chorus of Storytellers – it reminds me quite a lot of Sigur Ros.  Here are some other interesting releases:

• The Album Leaf - A Chorus of Storytellers
• The Brunettes – Paper Dolls
• Glossary – Feral Fire
• Midlake – The Courage of Others
• Mount Eerie – Black Wooden
• Passion Pit – Chunk of Change EP
• The Sof Pack – The Soft Pack
• Toro Y Moi – Causers of This

• MP3: Midlake – “Fortune”
• Buy: Midlake – Courage of Others

• MP3: The Soft Pack – “Answer To Yourself”
• Buy: The Soft Pack – The Soft Pack

You can catch The Album Leaf along with Sea Wolf at The Luminary Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 24.  It will mark the second show for the new season of the Elevator Music Series (the first show being Califone on March 11).  Here’s a little preview of the show:

Video: The Album Leaf – “Micro Melodies” (live in Denton, TX)

• MP3: The Album Leaf – “Until the Last”
• Buy: The Album Leaf – A Chorus of Storytellers

Video: Sea Wolf – “Wicked Blood” (official)

• MP3: Sea Wolf – “O Maria!”
• Buy: Sea Wolf – White Water, White Bloom