Leaf (Dutch band)

Leaf
Leaf, 2008.
Background information
Origin	Utrecht, Netherlands
Genres	Pop
Years active	2005 – 2009
Labels	8ball Music
Members	Annemarie Brohm Tinus Konijnenburg Ocker Gevaerts Joni Scholten Jeroen Blumers Stan Coppers

Leaf was a Dutch band from Utrecht. Their first single, Wonderwoman was released in October 2007.

History

Leaf was founded in 2005 by a group of students from the Rockacademie. ^[1] The band played acoustic pop songs and had quite a bit of success at the Dutch Popronde 2006. ^[1] In the spring of 2007 they came out on top in a talent contest held by the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. ^[2] The band members were Annemarie Brohm, Tinus Konijnenburg, Ocker Gevaerts, Joni Scholten and Jeroen Blumers. ^[2]

The band's independently produced album 'Life's a Beach' was received very well, and was later re-released on 16 November 2007 after securing a record label. ^[1] One of the most popular singles on the album is Wonderwoman (a.k.a. "Why's my Life so Boring"), which went on to become a top 10 hit in the Dutch Top 40 charts. The song got an additional popularity boost due to it being used in the television show Koefnoen.^{[ citation needed ]}

The band split up on 12 January 2009 due to creative differences within the group. ^[3]

Discography

Albums

• 2007: Life's a Beach

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Peak Position
			Dutch Top 40	Dutch Top 100
2007	"Wonderwoman"	Life's a Beach	4	4
2008	"New Song"		26	24
	"Motherfucker"		-	75
Source: [4]

References

1. "Leaf – Biografie". NPO 3FM (in Dutch). Netherlands Public Broadcasting.
2. True, Chris (2008). "Leaf Songs, Albums, Reviews". AllMusic .
3. Editorial Staff (12 January 2009). "Utrechtse band Leaf stopt per direct". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
4. "Leaf – Wonder Woman". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 September 2024.