"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."
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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)." |
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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."
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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."
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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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Additional coverage can be
found here: Fake Jazz, Austin
Chronicle, Lost
in Music, Tokafi, Almost Cool, Sweet
and Sour, Cannibal
Cheerleader, Silent
Ballet, OndaRock, Austinist, Austin
Chronicle, Strange
Glue, Kronica, Surgery
Radio, Forest
Gospel, Exclaim!, Sodapop, Audioase, Headphone
Commute, Magic, Now
Like Photographs, Progress
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