Dependence - Remembering Everything

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Dependence

Melodic Hardcore

The Things We Think We're Missing

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Balance And Composure - Keepsake (ft. Anthony Green)

Balance and Composure - Tiny Raindrop

Balance and Composure - Reflection

Balance and Composure - Enemy

According to Balance and Composure, they can be loud, quiet and everything in between. A pretty apt description in a nutshell. Once you get down to an intricate school of thought, the lyricism of singer/guitarists Jonathan Simmons and Andrew Slaymaker show things in a different light. Having all met in the Philadelphia suburb of Doylestown, PA through mutual projects during their high school years, Balance and Composure decided to start what they called a "real band" once former projects dissolved. Once completing the formation of the band, Balance and Composure hit the ground running and have yet to look back. 

A sonic assault melding influences such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Neutral Milk Hotel and Nirvana, their upcoming full length "Separation" adheres to the band's namesake. A cohesive listen of anthemic and melodic guitar blitzes with poignant lyricism, rhythmic thrusts and an abrasive pop knack in its overall deliverance, "Separation" churns in a fortified enclave of gutiar fuzz and impending rhythms that drive heavily. Balance and Composure may wear their love for early 90's underground alt rock on their sleeves, but they are in no way merely a "throwback" band as much as they are an outfit who respects their influences, and pushes them forward into brash sonic terrortory with the us vs. the world ethos of geniune punk rock. 

After self releasing their first EP “I Just Want To Be Pure” in 2008, followed by their "Only Boundaries" EP and split EP with Tigers Jaw both on No Sleep Records, Balance and Composure are now on the verge of releasing their debut full length "Separation" out May 10th, 2011 on No Sleep Records.

Separation

Balance and Composure - Quake

Hawthorne Heights - Running In Place (NIKI AM)

Hotel Books - Ten Steps Forward

Hotel Books - Nothing Was The Same

Hotel Books - Wooden Floorboards

Hotel Books - July (Part One)

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Hawthorne Heights - The Transition (Acoustic)

Dependence - Remember What We've Had Here

Dependence - A Place To Die

Dependence - All I Need

Dependence - You Are Everything; You Are The Only Thing

Dependence - I Guess That Can Be Allowed

Dependence - What It Takes To Move Forward

Dependence - The Cracks Of Hands That Aren't Held By Another

Dependence - It Wasn't Meant To Be

Dependence - Can I Make You Stay

Dependence - Those Three Words

Hawthorne Heights - Light Sleeper

Dependence - Remember What We've Had Here

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