Steve Leaf had been writing songs for a long time and playing them solo. Songs about relationships, history, and life in general is what pervaded the lyrics of Leaf’s melodies. In 2012, Leaf began playing with Dan Haefs on drums and Nick Young on bass, henceforth the duo known as the Ex Pats. Now the three craft songs together, and create sounds sometimes drenched in reverb and delay, or sometimes letting the space speak for itself.