Pretty Balanced

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
My Mind Is a Box 00:00 Tools
Simon's Sleeping 00:00 Tools
Miriam 00:00 Tools
Cheap Drunk 00:00 Tools
Genuinely Bad 00:00 Tools
Couch 00:00 Tools
Station Waggin 00:00 Tools
Green Beans 00:00 Tools
Permanent Guest 00:00 Tools
Floating 00:00 Tools
Rain 00:00 Tools
Euros and Pounds 00:00 Tools
Concertgoing 00:00 Tools
Weird Men 00:00 Tools
12 00:00 Tools
Ode to an Electric Fan 00:00 Tools
Mel and Colin 00:00 Tools
Survivor 00:00 Tools
Muddd 00:00 Tools
Pieces 00:00 Tools
Emyli 00:00 Tools
Halogen Lamps 00:00 Tools
Sanctuary 00:00 Tools
Hyphen 00:00 Tools
Amtrax 00:00 Tools
The Skin 00:00 Tools
Jazz 00:00 Tools
Fall Asleep for Nuclear War 00:00 Tools
Fear of Dying 00:00 Tools
Romeo and Juliet 00:00 Tools
Gas Flame 00:00 Tools
Acid In[di]gestion Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Acid In(Di)Gestion, Part 2 00:00 Tools
* 00:00 Tools
Simon's Sleeping (intro) 00:00 Tools
Seizure Dome 00:00 Tools
Perfect Timing 00:00 Tools
The Christmas Song 00:00 Tools
The Terrible Sad Side of Hippiedom 00:00 Tools
Acid In[di]gestion 00:00 Tools
Acid In[Di] - Gestion Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Couch [Live] 00:00 Tools
Acid In[Di] - Gestion Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
12 [Live] 00:00 Tools
Hyphen/Green Beans 00:00 Tools
Chemo Limo 00:00 Tools
Sanctuary [Live] 00:00 Tools
Prosthetic Face 00:00 Tools
Acid In[di]gestion [Live] 00:00 Tools
Hero of the Story 00:00 Tools
Bonjour M. Melancholy 00:00 Tools
Girl Anachronism 00:00 Tools
Gipsy [formerly Sad Side] 00:00 Tools
Ode to Divorce 00:00 Tools
Gipsy 00:00 Tools
Sarah Krause 00:00 Tools
Survivor [Live] 00:00 Tools
Just Like in the Movies 00:00 Tools
Acid In(di)gestion 00:00 Tools
A boy and a Girl 00:00 Tools
Terrible Sad Side 00:00 Tools
Dance Anthem of the '80s 00:00 Tools
Hyphen [Dance] 00:00 Tools
My Mind Is a Box [Live] 00:00 Tools
Acid In(Di)Gestion, Part 1 00:00 Tools
Euros and Pounds [Live] 00:00 Tools
Pieces [Live] 00:00 Tools
Weird Men [Live] 00:00 Tools
12 Rough 00:00 Tools
Acid Indigestion Rough 00:00 Tools
I am the only survivor; there must be some mistake 00:00 Tools
Romeo and Juliet [Live] 00:00 Tools
Hyphen/Green Beans [Live] 00:00 Tools
Banter 00:00 Tools
Jazz Rough 00:00 Tools
Jazz [Live] 00:00 Tools
Gipsy [Live] 00:00 Tools
Concertgoing [Live] 00:00 Tools
the skin new rough 00:00 Tools
Emily 00:00 Tools
Fear of Dying Rough 00:00 Tools
Sancuary 00:00 Tools
xx pieces 00:00 Tools
Halogen Lamps Rough 00:00 Tools
Rain [Live] 00:00 Tools
Christmas 00:00 Tools
My Mind is a Box (with lyrics) 00:00 Tools
Street Voice 00:00 Tools
Romeo + Juliet 00:00 Tools
Seizure Dome (DDR Mix) 00:00 Tools
(asterisk) 00:00 Tools
Acid In(di)gestion Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
I2 00:00 Tools
Acid In[Di]Gestion Pt.1 00:00 Tools
Acid Indigestion 00:00 Tools
Simon's Dreaming 00:00 Tools
Acid Indigestion Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Acid In[Di]Gestion Pt.2 00:00 Tools
02 Genuinely Bad 00:00 Tools
Simon's Sleeping [Demo Version] 00:00 Tools
pretty balanced - Simon's Sleeping 00:00 Tools
Acid In[di]Gestion, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
24 I Am the Only Survivor 00:00 Tools
18 Couch 00:00 Tools
08 Miriam 00:00 Tools
04 Mudd 00:00 Tools
16 My Mind Is a Box 00:00 Tools
Shut Me Up 00:00 Tools
Hyphen (dance) 00:00 Tools
10 Emyli 00:00 Tools
36 Floating 00:00 Tools
34 Chemo Limo 00:00 Tools
Simon's Sleeping - [vk.com/omvision] 00:00 Tools
12 Prosthetic Face 00:00 Tools
30 Rain 00:00 Tools
Sad Side of Hippiedom 00:00 Tools
Jazz (Tenement Lullaby) 00:00 Tools
I Am the Only Survivor 00:00 Tools
Skin 00:00 Tools
22 Cheap Drunk 00:00 Tools
14 Permanent Guest 00:00 Tools
[untitled] 00:00 Tools
acid indigestion mixdown 24 bit 00:00 Tools
- / Generic Brands 00:00 Tools
26 Concertgoing 00:00 Tools
20 Green Beans 00:00 Tools
28 Simon's Sleeping 00:00 Tools
01 Banter 00:00 Tools
Hero of the Story (dance) 00:00 Tools
- Spezial - 00:00 Tools
Permanent Guest [Chill] 00:00 Tools
Track 01 00:00 Tools
07 Banter 00:00 Tools
Couch (Live) 00:00 Tools
My Mind Is a Box (Live) 00:00 Tools
05 Banter 00:00 Tools
03 Banter 00:00 Tools
Jazz [tenanted lullaby] 00:00 Tools
13 Banter 00:00 Tools
- Simon's Sleeping (2005) 00:00 Tools
19 Banter 00:00 Tools
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Pretty Balanced played from Nov 2004 to Feb 2010. For the last nine months of their existence, they were known as The Alphabet. They showcased a new sound that's been called piano chamber rock, rock electronica, and finally by the band, Ctrl+Alt+tronica: the amalgamation of classical instruments, primarily piano, violin, double bass, and contemporary ones- vocals, drums and plenty of electronics. On 18 April 2009, the band announced on its site that it was no longer Pretty Balanced, but would instead be performing under the name The Alphabet. On the band's website, Shimer says "it was a long time coming; we talked about it for well over a year and finally settled on one we all really loved. one of the main beefs with "pretty balanced" was that people had a hard time remembering it (got a lot of "perfectly balance" and stuff) and also, it was a little complacent for what we've become. and as anna maria stjarnell pointed out in her review on collected sounds, "pretty balanced make an album that is anything but." she meant it as a compliment, and we took it that way. it is good to be excitingly funny-looking and terrifyingly aschew." On 17 February 2010, Judith announced on her blog for side project The Sneaky Mister that the band had recently dissolved. The musicians were Judith Shimer (also of The Sneaky Mister), Forest Christenson (also of Solarist, formerly The Liberty Tax), and Parker Ross. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.