Balance & Composure

Balance and Composure announce new LP on Vagrant, share "Postcard," touring with Foxing & Mercury Girls

Balance and Composure mentioned at their intimate BV-presented show in Brooklyn last fall that they had a new album on the way, and now details are here. It’s called Light We Made, and it’ll be out on October 7 via their new label home, Vagrant Records. (Is that Vagrant’s first emo signing since the ’00s?) The album was produced by scene leader Will Yip, and its lead single is “Postcard.” It’s something different for the band, who normally are floating somewhere between post-hardcore and grunge. His singing on this one kinda reminds me of… alt-j? Hear for yourself below.

B&C are on the Pomona, CA date of the Hum / Touche Amore shows (the NYC date has Basement instead), and they also just announced a tour with Foxing and Mercury Girls (that’s some triple bill). The tour hits NYC on November 17 at Warsaw. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (7/29). All dates are listed below.

Tracklist
1. Midnight Zone
2. Spinning
3. Afterparty
4. For A Walk
5. Medicore Love
6. Postcard
7. Call It Losing Touch
8. Fame
9. Is It So Much To Adore?
10. Loam

Balance and Composure / Foxing / Mercury Girls — 2016 Tour Dates
9/17 RIOT FEST CHICAGO, IL *
9/24 FOX THEATER POMONA, CA (with Hum and Touche Amore)*
10/13 THE BROADBERRY RICHMOND, VA
10/14 CAT’S CRADLE CARRBORO, NC
10/15 THE MASQUERADE ATLANTA, GA
10/16 1904 MUSIC HALL JACKSONVILLE, FL
10/18 KELSEY THEATRE LAKE PARK, FL
10/19 THE SOCIAL ORLANDO, FL
10/21 WHITE OAK MUSIC HALL HOUSTON, TX
10/22 THE MOHAWK AUSTIN, TX
10/23 CLUB DADA DALLAS, TX
10/25 THE NILE MESA, AZ
10/27 THE NORTH PARK THEATRE SAN DIEGO, CA
10/28 THE REGENT LOS ANGELES, CA
10/29 THE CATALYST ATRIUM SANTA CRUZ, CA
10/30 GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL SAN FRANCISCO, CA
11/1 HAWTHORNE THEATRE PORTLAND, OR
11/2 THE CROCODILE SEATTLE, WA
11/4 THE COMPLEX SALT LAKE CITY, UT
11/5 MARQUIS THEATRE DENVER, CO
11/6 THE GRANADA LAWRENCE, KS
11/10 BEACHLAND BALLROOM CLEVELAND, OH
11/11 ST. ANDREW’S HALL DETROIT, MI
11/12 THE OPERA HOUSE TORONTO, ON
11/14 ROYALE BOSTON, MA
11/15 PORT CITY MUSIC HALL PORTLAND, ME
11/16 COLLEGE STREET MUSIC HALL NEW HAVEN, CT
11/17 WARSAW BROOKLYN, NY
11/18 UNION TRANSFER PHILADELPHIA, PA
11/19 BALTIMORE SOUND STAGE BALTIMORE, MD

* No Foxing or Mercury Girls