It’s been a while since Balmorhea released new material but there’s a new album on the way from the Austin, Texas based duo of Rob Lowe and Michael Muller. The follow-up to 2012’s Stranger, Clear Language, arrives on September 22nd through Western Vinyl.
On Clear Language, the pair goes back to the simplicity of their roots. “They eschewed complexity for complexity’s sake, allowing a watery, sand-hued mood to settle over their use of analog synthesizers, piano, vibraphone, electric and bass guitar, violin, viola, field recordings, and, for the first time in the band’s history, trumpet,” describes the label. “A relaxed, clear-eyed sense of reflection flows gracefully through the album as these two old friends transmit unfettered meaning through simple sonic gestures that resonate with the cosmos as much as they echo the pulse of a human heart.”

Balmorhea had previously shared the album’s opener and now they are offering another gorgeous taste with a new track, ‘Sky Could Undress’. It comes with a video, the first of a Clear Language Film Trilogy by LA based artist Claire Cottrell. Check out both below.

Balmorhea‘s outstanding fifth full-length album, Stranger, came out last October via Western Vinyl. The Texan sextet are now offering an accompanying video for the glorious album opener ‘Days’.
Photographer Jack Coleman filmed it in Indonesia and Japan. “I wanted to express the feeling of space and time, that feeling of traveling abroad and hunting for waves. How the world is always moving and the people in it are as well.”
Balmorhea are crossing the Atlantic for an extensive European tour, starting on March 19th in Dresden, Germany. You can check all the other dates here.
Now here’s the video for the epic ‘Days’.

Balmorhea‘s highly anticipated fifth full-length album is excitingly close to release date. Stranger drops this Tuesday October 2nd via Western Vinyl.

Earlier this month, the sextet shared the glorious album opener, ‘Days‘. Now Balmorhea are luring us with ‘Masollan’, a dazzling and dense new cut from the album.
They have also unveiled a video for ‘Masollan’ showing the band, including founding members Rob Lowe and Michael Muller, writing the song, rehearsing and performing it. The video, filmed over the course of a week by director Joe Tomcho, also blends in arresting shots from their native and inspirational Texas. Watch the video below, and straight after, listen to the album version of the song.

Austin, Texas based six-piece Balmorhea will drop their fifth full-length album, Stranger, on October 2nd via Western Vinyl.

Taking their name from a small West Texas town of 500 inhabitants, Balmorhea’s music has always been influenced by the Texan lifestyle. Stranger sees the sextet moving “beyond contemplative reverence for the land and the history of their home state” as the issued press release explains.
Balmorhea’s forthcoming album “explores the kinetic rhythms that dictate our day-to-day lives, fascinated by the wanderlust that drove the itinerant hearts of our earliest settlers and that continues to pulse in the kids roaming Texas’ suburban sprawl. Unsettled, but patient, these songs embrace everyday sensuality, youthful discovery, and nomadic reverie…awe-struck by the divine energy that permeates all of our earthly fauna and flora.”

‘Days’. the glorious album opener, has just surfaced the web. Immerse yourself in this almost 9-minute long track.