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Balmorhea's new full-length Constellations will be available in February.  The band will tour the US in March with Efterklang. In April the band will tour the EU with Nils Frahm

The first official Balmorhea video, recently premiered on Pitchfork TV.  You can watch it here. 

You can listen to the Balmorhea feature on NPR's Second Stage here and their most recent interview on Tokafi is now available here.  The band also recently recorded a session for the PBS series In Context at the Austin City Limits studio.

Earlier this year the band recorded a Retread Session at Austin's Blanton Museum of Art. Both tracks appear on their new full-length, All Is Wild, All Is Silent.  Past Retread Sessions have included Akron/Family, Jose Gonzalez, Bill Callahan, and other amazing artists.
Feb 19th Austin, TX @ Central Presbyterian Church w/ Damien Jurado
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Feb 26 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird w/ Grace Basement
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Feb 27 Bloomington, IN @ Russian Recording w/ E.P. Hall
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Feb 28 Oberlin, OH @ Oberlin College w/ Mark McGuire
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Mar 2 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Efterklang
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Mar 3 New York, NY@ Le Poisson Rouge w/ Efterklang
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Mar 4 Boston, MA @ TT The Bears w/ Efterklang
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Mar 5 Montreal, QB @ La Sala Rosa w/ Efterklang
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Mar 6 Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo w/ Efterklang
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Mar 7 Detroit, MI @ The Pike Room w/ Efterklang
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Mar 8 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall w/ Efterklang
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Mar 11 Seattle, WA @The Triple Door w/ Efterklang
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Mar 12 Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret w/ Efterklang
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Mar 13 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir w/ Efterklang
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Mar 15 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill w/ Efterklang
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Mar 16 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland w/ Efterklang
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Mar 17 Austin, TX @ Central Presbyterian Church w/ Hauschka, Dustin O'Halloran
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Mar 20 Austin, TX @ SXSW showcase at St. David's Bethel Hall w/ Sleep Whale, Ola Podrida
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Rivers Arms
listen The Winter (excerpt)
view San Solomon (live performance)
   
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All is Wild, All is Silent
listen Harm and Boon (excerpt)
listen Remembrance (excerpt)
   
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All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes
listen Truth – remixed by Helios
   
   
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Constellations
listen Bowsprit
   
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"Balmorhea flashes brilliance only to highlight a slow-burning constancy that's at the core of one of the year's early slow wonders."
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"Balmorhea, an acoustic quartet from Austin, plays tender, bucolic instrumentals that waft and linger like the remnants of a summer afternoon."
– Time Out New York
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"There are the swells of Stravinsky, the mercurial keyboard majesty of Debussy, the triad-based romanticism of Arvo Pärt, the clangorous sensuality of Keith Jarrett, the electronics-meet-acoustics approach of Max Richter, and the beaming melodic flashes of the Takoma Records cartel (from John Fahey to George Winston, mind you)."
– Pitchfork [read full review here]
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"...they create minimalist, cinematic music that combines modern, experimental acoustic sounds with classical qualities."
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"At 59 minutes, Rivers Arms is gratefully given enough time to develop and breathe. It allows the listener to settle comfortably into the entirety of the album, and once there, it’s a space that you won’t want to leave."
– Austin Sound [read full review here]
 
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"Balmorhea's appeal lies in its emotional malleability, the way the music seems to shift in mood and meaning depending on the circumstances in which it's heard."
– Austin Chronicle [read full feature here]
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"...each track plays out as a counseling session for the weary, dispensing affecting and emotionally rousing imagery like medication."
– Drowned In Sound [read full review here]
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"There are certain healing qualities to Lowe and Muller’s impermeable compositions that are tightened by a heady mix of resplendent harmonics, keening piano and engaging string arrangements. A breath of fresh air."
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"A good many moments of stirring beauty emerge in Rivers Arms' wistful and lilting snapshots."
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"Mood music of the highest kind. It fits nicely along their Icelandic counterparts of Sigur Ros or some of the other Fat Cat artists..."
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"...the whole album is filled with subtle and charming music that will keep you coming back."
– Foxy Digitalis [read the full review here]
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"It's such a breath of fresh air, then, to hear the unassuming acoustic sounds of Balmorhea"
 
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"Matching the album title quote from early Texan settler William B. Dewees, All Is Wild... is all about undulating space, and sounding gob-smacked by nature."
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"you can almost see the duo playing in front of a campfire, feeding the darkness of the forest with piano drops and the tender sound of fingers moving over the fretboard."
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"The album is as crisp and light as clear morning sky, its acoustic aesthetic bracing the listener with its majesty."
– The Milk Factory [read full review here]
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"Balmorhea do make emotive, imagery-steeped music"
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"Romantic minuets that leave the heart in an ecstatic languor."
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"...short miracles of acoustic instruments and carefully interwoven field recordings, which will take you back to warm and yellowed pictures..."

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Balmorhea interviews available here: Silent Ballet & Tokafi
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