Balance & Composure share "Spinning," playing intimate NYC show before tour

September 19, 2016

Everything about Balance & Composure’s set felt like a test run for something bigger coming soon. The band opened with two new songs, both of which were less aggro takes on their mix of shoegaze and emo, and they included a third premiere near the end of the set. The older songs were equally tentative. Singer Jon Simmons toyed around with crowd participating, mostly through synchronized vaping, and joked about the band’s nervousness about playing after six months of inactivity. They cut their set even shorter than their allotted half-hour, leaving a small pack of fans chanting for an encore. This brevity, along with the inclusion of electronic drums on one of their unreleased songs, left me far more intrigued than if the band had sprawled out on one of the festival’s larger stages. [Ian Cory]

The above quote is from our review of this past weekend’s Riot Fest Chicago, where Balance & Composure previewed some of their upcoming album, Light We Made, which is a decidedly new approach for the band. As mentioned, they’re touring in support of it with Foxing and Mercury Girls, including a NYC show on November 17 at Warsaw.

Earlier than that, B&C will play a MUCH smaller NYC show on October 8 at Rough Trade. It’s a 2 PM in-store (1:30 PM doors), and you have to purchase their new album from Rough Trade starting 9/30 to get in. More info here.

Light We Made is out the day before the Rough Trade show on their new label home, Vagrant. B&C just premiered “Spinning” from the new album. Listen, with the list of updated tour dates, below.

Balance & Composure — 2016 Tour Dates
Sep 24 Fox Theater Pomona Pomona, CA w/ Hum, Touche Amore
Oct 08 Rough Trade NYC Brooklyn, NY (2 PM)
Oct 13 The Broadberry Richmond, VA*
Oct 14 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC*
Oct 15 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA*
Oct 16 1904 Music Hall Jacksonville, FL*
Oct 18 Kelsey Theatre Lake Park, FL*
Oct 19 The Social Orlando, FL*
Oct 21 White Oak Music hall Houston, TX*
Oct 22 The Mohawk Austin, TX *
Oct 23 Club Dada Dallas, TX*
Oct 25 The Nile Mesa, AZ*
Oct 27 The North Park Theatre San Diego, CA*
Oct 28 The Regent Los Angeles, CA *
Oct 29 The Catalyst Atrium Santa Cruz, CA*
Oct 30 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA*
Nov 01 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR*
Nov 02 The Crocodile Seattle, WA*
Nov 04 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT*
Nov 05 Marquis Theatre Denver, CO*
Nov 06 The Granada Lawrence, KS*
Nov 10 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OHv
Nov 11 St. Andrew’s Hall Detroit, MI*
Nov 12 The Opera House Toronto, Canada*
Nov 14 Royale Boston, MA*
Nov 15 Port City Music Hall Portland, ME*
Nov 16 College Street Music Hall New Haven, CT *
Nov 17 Warsaw Brooklyn, NY*
Nov 18 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA*
Nov 19 Baltimore Sound Stage Baltimore, MD*