Pop/Rock - “It’s always been really important to us to keep an organic feel to what we do,” observes Carbon Leaf frontman Barry Privett of the Richmond, VA band's seventh studio album Nothing Rhymes With Woman arriving via Vanguard May 19. “For us, recording this album was like a renewal, kind of like the coming of spring. In a way, it’s very sensual, very sexual, gentle and mellow in spots, but also acknowledges a fair share of optimism and a re-awakening to new possibilities."

Writing and performing spirited, mainstream journeyman rock/pop songs may not endear Carbon Leaf to the hipster intelligentsia -- "the last thing I wanted to do was get all dark and overwrought" says Privett -- but the band manages to keep things fresh and interesting with their own brand of melodic rock: just enough crunchy riffs to add some muscle to the harmonied choruses. New songs such as rollicking "Little Miss Hollywood" and barstool singalong "Another Man's Woman" have the earthy naturalness that comes from a band that after all these years is comfortable in it's own skin. Carbon Leaf, opines critic George Graham, combines "the lyrical sensibility of a singer-songwriter with the musical appeal of a sophisticated rock band."

Produced by John Morand, who helmed the band's 2004 album Indian Summer, the new album features guest shots from singer Toby Lightman as well as Dave Matthews Band key-man Butch Taylor.

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