Balmorhea, All Is Wild, All Is Silent

By the second track, you feel as if you have been everywhere they could possibly take you. Hauntingly soft melodies, to loud peaking growths that seem to transport you make this record what it is said to be: "All Is Wild, All Is Silent." The album is a little bit of everything, and then some. By the time you make it to Remembrance, the seemingly timid duo turns into a writhing army of musicians, screaming and wailing. Tracks like "Remembrance" and "Coahuila" leave you wanting more, which doesn't really ever seem to come except for in minimal doses. Perhaps they intend on keeping us on our feet. For now however, it feels like it should be here now, like having a warm shower suddenly turn cold on you. Still this release is very much a delicately beautiful display of what we can expect from them in the future. This is their 3rd studio release and it looks like the band is only getting better at proving themselves as instrumentalists. Take a listen to "Remembrance" here. Their new release is available on iTunes and at the Western Vinyl Store.

J. Tillman

Your life would be better of with J. Tillman in it. Recently we rediscovered him while reading Fricke's Picks in the Rolling Stone, where he is quoted to be: "a compelling whirl of Laurel Canyon-echo balladry and desolate-psychedelia stomp." We consider Tillman to be among the great songwriters of our day.  You may know him better for his drumming in Fleet Foxes more than for his solo work, but that will soon change. Tillman is getting more and more recognition as a solo artist and we feel he is well on his way to becoming a much bigger name. We only hope he finds time to break away from the successes of the Foxes, to come our way soon.  His new album, "Year In The Kingdom" is scheduled to come out in September through Western Vinyl and Bella Union. Amazingly enough you can take a sneak-peek listen at an unmastered  track entitled "Earthly Bodies" here. You can also hear a few more unmastered tracks from the upcoming record on Tillman's myspace page.  Also take listen to a track off of his latest album Vacilando Territory Blues here.   (this track just so happens to be a MMMMOVE REVIEW FAVORITE: Steel on Steel)