Balmorhea - All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes

A very limited edition on vinyl only of 500 copies. Balmorhea's All is Wild, All is Silent has received praise from critics, fans, and most importantly from the band's close friends.  Many of their friends are not surprisingly musicians themselves.  The idea to release the All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes evolved organically as the band asked a few of their closest friends if they'd like to remix a track.  To their surprise 11 of their friends jumped at the opportunity to create remixes of these wordless narratives that have become so meaningful to them. The resulting album is distinctly more experimental than the original album, but no less joyous and haunting.  Many of the tracks retain Balmorhea's uniquely American optimism, though some hardly leave a trace of the original's simplicity and restraint. Eluvium's 17-minute remix of "Settler" opens the album, evolving from swirls of vocals and upright bass into swells of blissful drones and echos.  In contrast, The Fun Years' remix of "Coahuila" brings the drums to the forefront, almost morphing the track into a pop/rock jam.  The acoustic fingerpicking of "Elegy" is deconstructed and turned into a wall of metallic noise with Bexar Bexar's refractive remix.  Peter Broderick's unique remix of "November 1, 1832" begins as a spoken letter to Rob and Michael of Balmorhea.  As the track develops, multiple layers of Peter's intense vocals build, resonating the song's unforgettable feeling of longing. "Balmorhea flashes brilliance only to highlight a slow-burning constancy that's at the core of one of the year's early slow wonders." Pitchfork  / "Balmorhea, an acoustic quartet from Austin, plays tender, bucolic instrumentals that waft and linger like the remnants of a summer afternoon." Time Out New York / "...each track plays out as a counselling session for the weary, dispensing affecting and emotionally rousing imagery like medication." Drowned In Sound 

Tracks : Settler – remixed by Eluvium, Harm & Boon – remixed by Rafael Anton Irisarri, Harm & Boon – remixed by Tiny Vipers, Elegy – remixed by Bexar Bexar, Remembrance – remixed by Machinefabriek, Coahuila – remixed by The Fun Years, Coahuila – remixed by Library Tapes, Night in the Draw – remixed by Jacaszek, Truth – remixed by Helios, November 1, 1832 – remixed by Peter Broderick, November 1, 1832 – remixed by Xela

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