Carbon Leaf bring their "Time Is The Playground" Tour to Buffalo Iron
Works on Wednesday April 23rd, 2025! Carbon Leaf Carbon Leaf’s
fifteenth studio album, Time is the Playground, is both a call to
action and an embrace of the moment. Marrying nostalgic storytelling
to nuanced, folk-infused indie rock, the Richmond, Virginia band
embroiders heartfelt melody and harmony with acoustic and electric
instrumentation to create a 12-song rumination on time, love, and
personal growth that’s equal parts urgent epiphany and contented
exhalation. “Everybody says people don’t listen to albums
anymore,” mulled Carbon Leaf frontman Barry Privett, holed up in a
coastal cottage. “So, the challenge for us was to make something
that felt good to get through from beginning to end … to listen to
like a story.” Originally formed as a college cover band in 1992 and
with over 3,500 famously enthused live shows together, Carbon Leaf
helped to define the aughts indie rock that they ultimately outgrew
and outlasted. They first earned national recognition with “The
Boxer,” a song that won the American Music Awards 2002 New Music
Award and made Carbon Leaf the first unsigned band to perform before
millions on the AMAs. “The Boxer” entered regular radio rotation,
Carbon Leaf’s tours grew bigger and better, and within a couple of
years they quit their day jobs and inked a record deal. The band’s
fanbase snowballed, drawn to their infectious spirit of commitment,
empathy, communion, and self-reliance – not to mention supremely
crafted songs with ultra-relatable, thought-provoking lyrics. After a
trio of charting albums for Vanguard Records, multiple songwriting
awards, and headlining shows, Carbon Leaf opted to return to the
complete creative control of their indie roots. Guitarist Terry Clark,
who co-founded the band with Privett and multi-instrumentalist Carter
Gravatt, converted his garage into the band’s Two-Car Studio, where
they’ve recorded releases for their own Constant Ivy imprint ever
since. Carbon Leaf’s DIY spirit even extended to re-recording their
three Vanguard albums in order to regain the rights. Buffalo Iron
Works 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY 14203 Tickets: $30 ADV/$35 DOS
Doors: 7:00pm Show: 8:00pm Ages: 18+
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