Balance And Composure

So I just realized that I mentioned these guys in the last four posts I've done, and was shocked when I realized I didn't have a post on them already, so here we go.

Balance And Composure are a five-piece post-hardcore band from Doylestown, Pennsylvania that formed in 2007. A couple of them played in a band called The Erection Kids (who were very pop punk-oriented), and a few other bands. After they disbanded, B&C were formed. They took influence from bands such as Brand New, Jimmy Eat World, and Texas Is The Reason, as well as Nirvana, Mineral, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker, American Football, Small Brown Bike, The Appleseed Cast, and Neutral Milk Hotel (name dropping errywhere). These guys are brilliant at what they do, seamlessly integrating catharsis, melody, grit, gentle noodling arpeggios and crushing, distorted walls of chords. They fuse so many things into their perfect dynamic, and they're so effective because of it. These guys are probably one of my favourite bands around now, and they've got a new full-length coming out this year which I'm really stoked on. They're also really tight live, so check them out.

I Just Want To Be Pure (2008)

1. I Just Want To Be Pure

2. Weak Man, Weak Boy

3. Alone For Now

4. Waiting, Thinking, Giving Up

5. Pull Of The Ground

6. Chapter 20

No Sleep 'Till Christmas (2008)

10. Weak Man, Weak Boy (Christmas Version)

Only Boundaries (2009)

1. I Can't Do This Alone

2. Only Boundaries

3. Show Your Face

4. What's Wrong With Everything

Balance And Composure/Tigers Jaw (2010)

1. Balance And Composure - Kaleidoscope

2. Balance And Composure - Burden

3. Balance And Composure - Twenty Four

4. Balance And Composure - Rope

5. Tigers Jaw - Lodging

6. Tigers Jaw - Jet Alone

7. Tigers Jaw - Danielson

8. Tigers Jaw - Dent

No Sleep 'Till Christmas 3 (2010)

7. Away In A Manger

Separation (2011)

1. Void

2. Separation

3. Quake

4. Stonehands

5. I Tore You Apart In My Head

6. Galena

7. Fade

8. Progress, Progress

9. More To Me

10. Echo

11. Patience

12. Defeat The Low

Mixed Signals (2011)

2. Seahorses

Full compilation here

Acoustic 7" (2012)

1. Separation

2. Stonehands

3. More To Me

Braid/Balance And Composure (2013)

1. Braid - Lux

2. Braid - Many Enemies

3. Balance And Composure - You Can't Fix Me

4. Balance And Composure - Say

The Things We Think We're Missing (2013)

1. Parachutes

2. Lost Your Name

3. Back Of Your Head

4. Tiny Raindrop

5. Notice Me

6. Ella

7. Cut Me Open

8. Reflection

9. I'm Swimming

10. When I Come Undone

11. Dirty Head

12. Keepsake

13. Enemy

Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation (2013)

15. Why Do You Leave Us

Note: Full comp here

Tiny Raindrop B-Side (2014)

1. Tiny Raindrop B-Side (Stripped down version)

Light We Made (2016)

1. Midnight Zone

2. Spinning

3. Afterparty

4. For A Walk

5. Mediocre Love

6. Postcard

7. Call It Losing Touch

8. Fame

9. Is It So Much To Adore

10. Loam

Too Quick To Forgive (2023)

1. Savior Mode

2. Last To Know

With You In Spirit (2024)

1. restless

2. ain't it sweet

3. any means

4. cross to bear

5. believe the hype

6. lead foot

7. sorrow machine

8. a little of myself

9. closer to god

10. with you in spirit

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No Sleep

Superheaven (formerly Daylight)

Let's keep this Run For Cover trend thing going. Daylight (now known as Superheaven) are a four-piece pop punk/alternative rock band from Doylestown, Pennsylvania that formed in 2008. Similarities are quite apparent between them and Title Fight, Balance And Composure, and Basement, but they certainly have their own sound. Their earlier material is a upbeat and catchy, but gruff, kind of akin to Hot Water Music. They developed and began taking influence from a plethora of 90's alt/indie bands, such as Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr., and My Bloody Valentine. Their first full-length came out this year, titled Jar, and it's absolutely amazing. Everything else they've done is also definitely worth checking out. I'm missing their demo from 2008, so anyone has it, I will do unspeakable things for you to send it to me. So yeah, here's the fucking amazing Daylight:

Sinking (2009)

1. Enough

2. The Best

3. You're Not My Father

4. Sinking

5. Seeing & Hearing

Dispirit (2010)

1. Selfish

2. Youth No More

3. Two Of A Kind

Run For Cover Acoustics Series #3 (2011)

1. Untitled

2. Selfish

3. Two Of A Kind

4. Sinking

5. Seeing & Hearing

Mixed Signals (2011)

7. Cursed

The Difference In Good And Bad Dreams (2012)

1. On The Way To Dad's

2. Hungry At A Funeral

3. Damp

Jar (2013)

1. Sponge

2. Life In A Jar

3. Outside Of Me

4. Sheltered

5. Crawl

6. Last October

7. Youngest Daughter

8. Knew

9. No One's Deserving

10. Hole In The Ground

11. In On It

12. Around The Railing

Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation (2013)

2. Siblings

Note: Full comp here

Ours Is Chrome (2015)

1. I've Been Bored

2. Next to Nothing

3. Room

4. All the Pain

5. Leach

6. Downswing

7. Blur

8. Gushin' Blood

9. Dig Into Me

10. From the Chest Down

11. Poor Aileen

Superheaven (2025)

1. Humans For Toys

2. Numb To What Is Real

3. Cruel Times

4. Sounds Of Goodbyes

5. Long Gone

6. Hothead

7. Conflicted Mood

8. Stare At The Void

9. Next Time

10. The Curtain

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