A Great Big Pile Of Leaves

JANUARY 26, 2012
SANTO'S PARTY HOUSE ON MONDAY!

JANUARY 16, 2012
NEW RECORD(S) THIS YEAR!

We're currently in the studio with Mike Poorman (Hot Rod Circuit, The Dear Hunter) tracking new songs for a 7" release that will come out sometime in the Fall! We're also working on our next full-length record, which we hope to have out shortly after the 7", pumped!

JANUARY 15, 2012
TUMBLR: SONG-A-DAY

For the next week or two we'll be posting one song a day on our TUMBLR page that will include lyrics and stories about writing/recording/playing said song. Hopefully we can use this as a vehicle for anyone that is willing to reblog the songs to all of their friends and keep reaching out to new people! Fun idea? That being said, we’ll have some cool announcements next week!

DECEMBER 17, 2011
NEW MERCH / MERCH SALE

We just started our Holiday sale over in our Merch section, and we also added a new shirt design! Be sure to check it out!

DECEMBER 13, 2011
2012 TOUR!

We are very excited to announce that we will be out on the road in March with Mansions and Young Statues, the month long run includes the East Coast, South, Midwest and Canada as well as stops at the Never Say Never Festival and SXSW! It's going to be an amazing time and we hope to see a bunch of you guys come out! Most of the dates are posted in the tour section, but keep checking back as we will be adding a few more dates as well as all of the ticket info as we get it!

NOVEMBER 3, 2011
THE EARLY NOVEMBER REUNION SHOW!

We were just added to the The Early November's reunion show in New Jersey @ Starland Ballroom! We're really excited to share the stage with TEN, Hit the Lights, and one of my personal favorite new bands Young Statues! Make sure to grab TICKETS now!

NOVEMBER 2, 2011
INTERVIEW WITH DJ ROSSSTAR TONIGHT!

We'll be doing an interview with DJ Rossstar tonight on his internet radio show! Here is the link for streaming: http://www.stickam.com/djrossstar - check it out if you can, should be a good time!

NOVEMBER 1, 2011
ACOUSTIC EP'S OUT TODAY!

We have two new acoustic EP's being released today, "BOOM!" is out on Topshelf Records and "Live from the Living Room" is out via Topshelf Records and Pressing Matters! We hope that you guys enjoy the records, as we had a ton of fun making them! Big thanks goes out to all of our friends who came out to the live recording and made it a great time, and to everyone for listening to our music and coming out to shows, it's been a really awesome year.

Topshelf Records Store: Here
iTunes:

OCTOBER 27, 2011
STREAM "LIVE FROM THE LIVING ROOM" EP @ ALTERNATIVE PRESS!

Hey All,

You can head over to Alternative Press today for an exclusive stream of one of our new acoustic EP's! Also, be sure to head over to Topshelf Records where the pre-sale is currently taking place, hope you enjoy it!

OCTOBER 16, 2011
RECORD RELEASE SHOW!

We're playing our record release show next week with our friends in Ambassadors and The Tower and The Fool! It's going to be an awesome time, and we'll have the new records available at the show (a week before they come out)! Come hang out!

Tickets: ORDER NOW
RSVP: CLICK HERE

OCTOBER 13, 2011
PRE-ORDER IS NOW UP AND RUNNING!

Hey all,

You can now head over to the Topshelf Records website to pre-order our two new acoustic EP's - BOOM! and Live From the Living room. There are multiple special packages and limited runs of different colors for the vinyls. Also, each pre-order comes with an immediate download of our acoustic version of Drought of Snow!

The records drop on Nov. 1st, but we'll be playing the record release show on October 23rd @ The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY and we will have the vinyl available then. Hope to see you there!

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

We'll be releasing two acoustic EP's on Topshelf Records this Fall on November 1st! The first of which titles "Boom!" will be studio versions of acoustic songs, and "Live From the Living Room: Volume 1", to be released in conjunction with Pressing Matters, is a recording of a live acoustic party we did a few months back at Jesse's apartment! They will be released on Vinyl and digital only, and the pre-orders will be coming in the next couple of weeks! More info on this soon!

Also, come to the RECORD RELEASE SHOW we're having in NYC!

In other news, we've spent the last couple of weeks writing a lot more new (awesome) music and playing a few shows with our buddies in Motion City Soundtrack and Sainthood Reps! Fun times!

AUGUST 6, 2011
SO MUCH NEWS!

So we just got back home from our 3 week US tour, and it was so much fun! Much love to Hellogoodbye, Fake Problems, Fences, Happy Body Slow Brain, Hellen Earth Band & Joan of Arc for a rad time! We declared this run Health Tour 2011 / A/C Tour 2011. It's so easy to fall into eating crappy fast food on tour, which then in turn makes you feel crappy all day long. So we decided to do a lot of salads and fruit the whole trip, along with a morning work out routine, and I really think it played a big role in our physical and mental health on this trip. I recommend this to all touring bands!

Also, we signed a deal with Topshelf Records! We'll be releasing two EP's with them later this year, both acoustic, one live and one studio! The releases will have a new song, a cover, and a bunch of tracks from The Fiery Works / HYSMPC?. Really excited to be working with those guys as we've been friends with them for about a year now and both parties really wanted to find something we could work on together.

As for the next month or two, we'll be playing only a handful of shows as we will be recording demos for the next full-length record. We have a bunch of ideas floating around and I'm really pumped on them! Hopefully we'll get back out to see you all in the Fall, and then record a new record this Winter! Stay cool.

JULY 25, 2011
GOODBYEHELLOGOODBYE

We just finished up our run with Hellogoodbye, Fake Problems and Fences! The shows were rad, the crowds were awesome, and the dudes in the bands were the best. Hopefully we'll have the chance do some more with all of these guys in the future! I would post some photos that I took on the road, but I broke two iPhones on this tour (one is currently sitting in a bag of rice to dry after a hot tub incident, fingers crossed).

After a 13 hour drive from Salt Lake City to San Jose, we're taking the day off to relax and then hitting up most of California over the next week w/ Happy Body Slow Brain! Check out the dates to the right, hope to see you at a show!

JULY 7, 2011
WEST COAST!

Hey all,

We just put up a few West Coast dates w/ Happy Body Slow Brain, and we're really excited to get out there! We might add another date in California, but we'll keep you updated. On our way home in August we'll also be hitting Chicago, Detroit, and Akron. Also, our tour with Hellogoodbye, Fake Problems and Fences starts in 5 days, crazy! I have a feeling it's going to be a pretty fun party, see you there!

JUNE 22, 2011
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

So our first Full-Length "Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex?" was released one year ago today, and we just wanted to thank everyone who has supported this record and the two EP's we put out before-hand. We're currently working on something we're really excited about and will share with you soon! Also, we'll be taking some time this Fall to finish writing the next record, in hopes to record it over the Winter. Talk to you soon! Here's to the next 10 records!

JUNE 9, 2011
HELLOGOODBYE TICKETS!

Hey all,

Tickets for all of our July date with Hellogoodbye, Fake Problems and Fences are now on sale! Click the ticket link next to your date in our show section and it will send you over to whichever service the venues use. Make sure to grab them ASAP as these show will be a pretty packed party time excellent...time. What?

JUNE 6, 2011
HBSB + AGBPOL

We just wanted to quickly thank everyone that came out to the shows over the past week, we had a lot of fun with all of you and we really appreciate the support and energy you guys brought along! It was awesome getting to watch the boys in Happy Body Slow Brain do their thing every night, some pretty awesome musicianship going on there, and we'd also like to thank them for all the work they put in. We all shared our van, trailer, and some equipment on this tour, and became pretty good friends by the end of the run, so much so that we are planning some west coast dates with them at the end of July, after our tour with Hellogoodbye and Fake Problems! Good times ahead, see you soon!

MAY 25, 2011
HAPPY BODY SLOW BRAIN TOUR!

Heyo,

Our short run with Happy Body Slow Brain starts this Friday in Connecticut at the Heirloom Arts Theatre! We'll also be hitting up Philadelphia, Baltimore, Long Island, New Jersey, Providence, and NYC on this tour. Matt Fazzi from HBSB will be pulling double duty and joining us once again to shred some nasty guitar solos over all of our songs. Hope to see some of that rad East Coast love again! Look to the right for all of the venue info and ticket links, looking forward to it!

MAY 24, 2011
SUMMER TOUR W/ HELLOGOODBYE!

Hey all,

Just got back to Brooklyn from our short trip out to Krazy Fest in Louisville! We had an awesome time and would really like the thank Andy and Chuck for putting on such a rad weekend. We also had the chance to hang out and sit down with Andy and Mike from Hot Rod Circuit for an interview that will hopefully see the light of day at some point. All in all it was a great time.

In July we'll be going out with Hellogoodbye, Fake Problems and Fences for few weeks in the Midwest, and it's going to be awesome of course. Hellogoodbye is hosting a MIXTAPE over at their website which has tracks from all the bands, so be sure to check that out! All the dates are listed to the right with ticket links and such. See you at some shows!

MAY 18, 2011
KRAZY FEST 2011!

Krazy Fest starts this Friday! It's going to be our first time playing in Louisville and our first time at Krazy Fest. We're pretty excited to be playing with so many awesome bands. We play on Sunday at 3:00pm, and I'm really looking forward to watching all of the other sets. Visit the Krazy Fest website www.krazy-fest.com for more info and tickets. Hope to see you out there!

MAY 4, 2011
A GREAT BIG PILE OF APPLESEED CAST

Hey all,

About 6 hours left on our trip home to NYC. Just wanted to thank everyone that came out to this tour, all the old fans and new fans were super supportive. This whole trip had a lot of positive energy and was extremely inspirational for us as people and a band. Chris, Aaron, Nate, John, and Taylor of The Appleseed Cast became really good friends of ours, and are some of the raddest and most talented dudes you could come across. Big thanks to them, everyone we work with, and all the fans for making the past 12 days so memorable! We'll be updating the site with some photos from the trip as they come in.

APRIL 6, 2011
SXSW INTERVIEW

The lovely people at Macbeth, Purevolume, and Keep-A-Breast were kind enough to interview us right when we got into Austin. They were extremely hospitable, and we really back everything they were doing that week, and continue to do. To check out the video interview, CLICK HERE.

APRIL 3, 2011
BUSY BEE'S

We're working on a lot of stuff right now, pretty excited about all of it. SXSW was such an awesome time, big thanks to everyone that came and hung out with us. Austin, TX is such a beautiful place, definitely one of my favorites in the Country. Overall, we're mostly excited to be getting back on the road in less than 3 weeks, and with The Appleseed Cast none-the-less. It's going to be a stupidly awesome time for us. Check out all the dates to the right, and be sure to pick up The Appleseed Casts new EP over at Graveface Records!

MARCH 19, 2011
SXSW TODAY!

The day has come, we'll be playing the Alternative Press Showcase today at Emo's from 12 - 6pm and an Official SXSW Showcase at the Speakeasy from 9 - 940pm. If you're down in Austin come hang out!

MARCH 4, 2011
VAMPIRES IN LOVE

Head on over to ALTPRESS.COM to check out their exclusive premiere of our new live video for Vampires in Love! We recorded all the audio for this live while we shot the video, and we're pretty excited about how it came out. Big thanks to our good friend Damian Riddell for putting this together for us!

MARCH 3, 2011
SXSW

We'll be playing two showcases at SXSW in Austin, both of which are on March 19th. We're playing an official showcase at the Speakeasy at 9:00 PM, and we were also JUST added to the Alternative Press Showcase / Party which will take place at Emo's from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM and is FREE to attend! Super pumped! See you there.

MARCH 1, 2011
ALTERNATIVE PRESS!

Hey all,

A couple months ago we got the exciting news that we had been chosen by Alternative Press as one of the bands for the "100 Bands You Need to Know in 2011" issue. The magazine just came out today and is carried in most bookstores throughout the country. We're extremely grateful for the opportunity! Here is our article from the issue:

FEBRUARY 28, 2011
WE'RE UP TO SOMETHING...

A few weeks back we did something fun with our good friend Damian, here are a few photos from it. Just finished it up and you guys should see be able to see it rather soon!

FEBRUARY 16, 2011
SPRING TOUR ANNOUNCED!

Hey all,

We're pretty excited to announce that we'll be doing a two week East Coast tour in April with The Appleseed Cast. Check out all the dates to the right, hope to see you at a show!

JANUARY 31, 2011
MUSIC UNEXPECTED

Heyo,

At the beginning of January we shot a couple of segments with Steven Smith (Steven's Untitled Rock Show) for Chevrolet. They stopped by our practice space and hung out with us at a show in Brooklyn. We had a really good time with some awesome people, check out the footage below!

JANUARY 28, 2011
PETE SAVES THE DAY

Pete covered "Jessie and My Whetstone" by Saves the Day at our acoustic show in Philly last week. Check it out:

JANUARY 26, 2011
INTERVIEW!

Hey all,

A few weeks back we filmed a segment with Steven Smith (Steven's Untitled Rock Show, VH1's Top 20....etc) for Chevy. It was a lot of fun, and they even made it out to one of our shows to hang out. Head over to Steven's Official Blog to watch the videos!

JANUARY 17, 2011
TOUR VIDEO

Hey everyone!

Absolutepunk.net is premiering our new video for "We Don't Need Our Heads" today! It's a collection of footage from our fall tour with Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, and Saves The Day. Big thanks to our buddy Matt who came out on tour with us and got all the footage. Hope you all enjoy it!

DECEMBER 31, 2010
NEW YEARS EVE!

Hey all,

Not to reflect on the past year too much, but it has truly been an amazing one, and we want to thank everyone that helped out along the way! We put out our first Full-Length record in June and it's been madness since; we had the opportunity to share the stage with 3 amazing bands this past fall, bands we grew up listening to. So, a big thanks goes out to the boys in Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything and Saves the Day (!!!) for making this such a memorable year for us (also a huge thanks to everyone at those shows, it was amazing). It was such a rad time getting to meet some of the people that have been following us since the first Fiery Works EP, we owe everything to you for the support the past 3 years. I could go on forever about this, so all in all, thank you so much for the past year and the past 3 years, it's been a great ride. Here's to 2011, in which we already have some amazing things lined up that we can't wait to share with you all!

Oh also, Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex? was chosen as the #1 record of 2010 on Staires.org! So go check that out! See you ALL next year!

DECEMBER 23, 2010
POPSICKLE FESTIVAL

Just got back from Minneapolis a few days ago. We went out there on a short mid-west stint to play with Minus the Bear, Motion City Soundtrack and many others! It was an amazing time to say the least, and the MCS boys pulled off a pretty flawless festival in my opinion, big props to those guys for hosting it and inviting us to come out.

Two days until Christmas and I haven't started my shopping yet, classic me. Hope everyone is having a great holiday season! Boom!

DECEMBER 1, 2010
ACOUSTIC TRACKS

So we did a lot of college radio interviews on this tour and it was a ton of fun. There were a handful that we also did live acoustic sessions with, more specifically CFRE in Toronto recorded and released a few of the songs for free on their website. Go check it out, more free music!

CLICK HERE - FREE ACOUSTIC TRACKS

NOVEMBER 27, 2010
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Hey all,

After a 36 hour drive from Austin we have arrived safely! We want to thank everyone at the shows for making it out early and checking us out, it was far more fun than we could have imagined. Also big ups to Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything and Saves the Day, all stand up people and amazing musicians, check those bands out now and support them! We will be adding some more photos to the site from this tour, so keep an eye out!

NOVEMBER 8, 2010
ON TOUR!

Hey everyone,

We're on tour right now with Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, and Saves the Day. It has been such an amazing time, all the bands and crowds have been so encouraging! We just want to say thank you to everyone that has checked us out and we look forward to playing for a bunch of new faces, see you around!

Also, if you want to follow our photo blog, check us out on Tumblr - agreatbigpileofleaves.tumblr.com

OCTOBER 20, 2010
VINYL!

Hey Everyone,

So we're teaming up with friends of ours at Sinking Ship Records to press a limited (500) Vinyl run of "Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex?". The record will ship November 9th, with a pre-sale starting October 26th; we will also have them available at most shows on the tour. Keep your eyes open for an awesome pre-sale package!

OCTOBER 6, 2010
TIMES SQUARE

We were walking through Times Square this weekend and saw our name on the marquee at Best Buy Theatre!

OCTOBER 6, 2010
NEW WEBSITE!

Hey Everyone,

Welcome to our new website! We'll be hosting a lot of exclusive content on here throughout the next several months. Be sure to check out our media and merch sections. Hope you enjoy it.