Rivers Arms

Product Description 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." -- Tokafi Mirroring the vast Texas skies, Balmorhea's music is imbued with a visceral weight and endless space. In April 2007, Balmorhea self-released their debut, followed by live dates in Texas and a West Coast tour. Their shows have included dates with The Drift, Bexar Bexar, One AM Radio, Caspian, and more. Balmorhea is currently planning a spring tour and working on a summer tour with their Italian friends Port-Royal. Tienda Although Balmorhea is a band of rock musicians, on Rivers Arms they look more toward Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich and Brian Eno for their source points. Named for a town in their native Texas, Balmorhea has a couple of classical string players in the group, but the core sound comes from Rob Lowe and Michael Muller who play guitars and piano. They're all in their 20s, but they shun the dynamics and electrics of rock. Instead, they hear a sound that is quieter and contemplative, a more refined music that's dipped in pastoral reverie, but touched by quirkiness. You can hear it on gentle tracks like "Summer" with arpeggiated acoustic guitars set against a glissando violin, or on "San Salomon," where piano, banjo and cello join in a slow, bluegrass-like soliloquy, emerging out of the sound of children playing on a beach. The audio vérité they use on several tracks gives the intimacy of a home movie, not a YouTube movie mind you, but an old Super-8 film. There's a little too much of that on a few tracks but it's one element that makes Balmorhea poignant without being sentimental. It’s a difficult task, but one they accomplish by taking 1980s acoustic New Age music and giving it an avant-garde edge. -- John Diliberto

Detalles del producto Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5.67 x 4.96 x 0.43 pulgadas; 1.98 Onzas Fabricante : Western Vinyl Número de modelo del producto : 3521405 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2008 Producto en Tienda desde : Enero 6, 2008 Etiqueta : Western Vinyl ASIN : B00128X6R8 Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº245,681 en CDs y Vinilo (Ver el Top 100 en CDs y Vinilo) nº5,033 en Rock Indie nº20,666 en Rock Alternativo (CDs y Vinilo) nº105,920 en Rock (CDs y Vinilo) Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 de 5 estrellas 27 calificaciones Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5.67 x 4.96 x 0.43 pulgadas; 1.98 Onzas Fabricante : Western Vinyl Número de modelo del producto : 3521405 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2008 Producto en Tienda desde : Enero 6, 2008 Etiqueta : Western Vinyl ASIN : B00128X6R8 Número de discos : 1