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BALMORHEA
BALMORHEA
WV RELEASES
WV51
Rivers Arms
listen The Winter
view San Solomon
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WV70
All is Wild, All is Silent
listen Harm and Boon (edit)
view Remembrance
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wv69
All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes
listen Truth - remixed by Helios
DOUBLE LP // MP3 more
 
WV70
Constellations
listen Bowsprit
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EVENTS
Sep 2 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Sep 3 Norman, OK @ Opolis
Sep 4 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
Sep 5 Bloomington, IN @ Russian Recording
Sep 8 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's w/ Mountains
Sep 9 Brooklyn, NY @ Littlefield w/ Noveller, Julianna Barwick
Sep 10 Washington, DC @ Pyramid Atlantic
Sep 11 Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Festival
Sep 12 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Sep 13 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
Sep 15 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Oct 9 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
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NEWS
Balmorhea performed three amazing shows at SXSW in March, including performances at Hometapes' Friend Island and the Western Vinyl showcase at St. David's. In April they toured throughout Europe, followed by several dates in the US with Mono.  You can listen to Balmorhea's Daytrotter session here, and read Pitchfork's review of the new album Constellations here.
  
A message from Balmorhea:
"With much sadness, Balmorhea has had to cancel the North American tour with Efterklang due to extremely urgent family matters. We are very sorry and hope to make it up to you all before too long. Please support Efterklang nonetheless. We will miss you all and hope to see you shortly. Thank you for your understanding and your thoughts/prayers. Love, Balmorhea"
 

The first official Balmorhea video 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.
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SELECTED PRESS
"Balmorhea flashes brilliance only to highlight a slow-burning constancy that's at the core of one of the year's early slow wonders."
"Constellations is an album drastically and magnificently out-of-step with the modern world... a work of exquisite beauty, coming from a group that grows by leaps and bounds with every release."
Tiny Mix Tapes [read full review here]
"...they create minimalist, cinematic music that combines modern, experimental acoustic sounds with classical qualities."
"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]
"...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]
"A good many moments of stirring beauty emerge in Rivers Arms' wistful and lilting snapshots."
"...the whole album is filled with subtle and charming music that will keep you coming back."
Foxy Digitalis [read full feature here]
"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."
"...an album remarkable in its pace and plotting...capable of sending [your imagination] to extraordinary places."
Strange Glue [read full review here]
"While listening to Balmorhea, if you squint your ears, you can hear where John Cage meets Gillian Welch...their music is an exercise in re-contextualization of classical sensibilities. Think of the fleeting delicacy of Debussy swept out onto the Texas plains, and you have an idea what Balmorhea are aiming for."
"...it builds to an ecstatic swell and reminds you that sometimes good music can surprise you too."
KEXP (Song of the Day Feature) [read more here]
"...the ease with which Balmorhea makes these pieces both affective and memorable is a testament to an easy compositional prowess that is only improving with time."

 

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