![]() I got to talk to Jon Simmons (Lead Vocals/Guitar) about the new album, the maturity of the band, and politics in their music. After having gotten into two car accidents on tour (One which could have ended the existence of the band) the band left early from one their supporting tours and laid low until Light We Made came to light. The album came out of the band being quiet for a year and a half. Light We Made stands out among the new generation of alternative rock music by combining in multiple genres that usually don't go together while keeping the feeling of an alt-rock band. Balance and Composure’s Jon Simmons Carolyn Saxton MaArticle Archives, Q&A Carolyn Saxton caught up with singer Jon Simmons when he and his hardcore band Balance & Composure came to Syracuse earlier this year. You can see the changes in a lot of bands whether it is because they are getting more fame, experiencing more of life, or even just maturing into adults. There is something unique about the maturity of the pop-punk/emo revival scene that B&C can be grouped into. With the new release of their new album, Light We Made, the band starts off on something new that a lot of alternative/pop-punk bands from the east coast are seeming to follow. I look forward to hearing more from this young band.Gutted, raw emotion with rhythmic and spacey guitar that can change to a power chord verse in a heartbeat was how Balance & Composure was defined in their own niche. On his second record as a solo artist as CREEKS, Simmons strips. Once you add the bass lines you have a really good rhythm section.īalance and Composure have managed to avoid the sophomore slump and make an album that is better than their first. Even though Balance & Composure have broken up, Jon Simmons never stopped writing. Bailey Van Ellis is one of the most underrated drummers today. They have a throwback sound to the days of Hum, Sunny Day Real Estate and even a little My Bloody Valentine. The guitars on this record are some of the best you will hear in this genre at the moment. These guys wanted to make a better record and it shows. The music on this album is improved upon as well. Hopefully this will be the album that more people hear what he is saying. His lyrics are some of the best you will hear in music today. With five members including Jon Simmons, Erik Petersen, Andy Slaymaker, Matt Warner and Bailey Van Ellis, the band will be. Jon has figured out how to reach people in a way that many haven’t. Balance and Composure formed in 2009 out of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. But take me back and be my time machine, show me the sky from a new perspective.” In this song something as simple as daydreaming which we all do from time to time is made into something therapeutic, something to help us get along with day to day life. The chorus goes, “Caught me swimming in a daydream, caught me blocking out my past. Another song that stuck out was “I’m Swimming”. It is almost like therapy for a broken heart. Some of them are places none of us like or want to go but this song takes you there anyway. Prior to that, the band was cruising along on tour with Title Fight, Cruel Hand, and Slingshot Dakota, supporting their second album for No Sleep Records titled The Things We Think We're Missing. ![]() A roller coaster ride in the dark to places I don’t want to go.” That line alone gets the mind working and going to a million different places. Denver Vocalist Jon Simmons called excitedly to the crowd, Thank you so much for being here - this is the biggest show weve ever played headlining. Doylestown, Pennsylvania-based band Balance And Composure recently made headlines via an accident that destroyed their van and trailer. There is a line in the song that goes “My vacant heart, how is it that you split in two parts? I’m checking in to reminisce. The very first track, “Parachutes” jumps right into that. Jon Simmons has always written about what is in his heart and this album is no different. With this release it just has been upping the ante. It has the same emotions that were all over Separation. ![]() However in the process they grew as a band. This record appears to pick up where their last album left off. The album, The Things We Think We Are Missing is the second full length by this five piece from Doylestown, PA which also happens to be the home of Circa Survive and Daylight. It shows that people did listen to good bands growing up. It is a sound that is refreshing to hear. Other bands that have found some success with this are Title Fight, Citizen and Basement before they broke up. This is something that appears to be the “in thing” at the moment. They have a sound that is a throwback to 90s alt-rock. Balance and Composure is a band that has the potential to go far in this industry.
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