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As of April 2009, Pretty Balanced has changed their name to The Alphabet.
Pretty Balanced showcases a new sound that’s been called piano chamber rock, rock electronica, and most recently 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. One 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.”
The current members are Judith Shimer (also of The Sneaky Mister), Forest Christenson (also of Solarist, formerly The Liberty Tax), and Parker Ross.
Pretty Balanced showcases a new sound that’s been called piano chamber rock, rock electronica, and most recently 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. One 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.”
The current members are Judith Shimer (also of The Sneaky Mister), Forest Christenson (also of Solarist, formerly The Liberty Tax), and Parker Ross.
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My Mind is a Box
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Simon's Sleeping
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Cheap Drunk
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Miriam
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Genuinely Bad
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Floating
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Couch
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Green Beans
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Rain
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Permanent Guest
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Euros and Pounds
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Pieces
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Concertgoing
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Ode To An Electric Fan
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Shoutbox
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chemzed wrote:
Same here
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suteh wrote:
нормально получается ребята пишут бесплатную музыку, а ласт ФМ продает за доллары)
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bbb-ooo-bbb wrote:
nice songs
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feliponsh wrote:
why compare? i dont understand o-o whoc ares if the dresden dolls are better?
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revengegears wrote:
good work! but dresden dolls is better.
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MissSound wrote:
amazing! love them :D
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feliponsh wrote:
LOL!
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LaFolieVerte wrote:
O jeez, don't be silly!
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Splang wrote:
Yeah man, how can anyone listen to bands with crappy names AND rubbish profile pictures? God, it's like they think the music is important or something, what a bunch of dicks!
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suspiria8 wrote:
their new name sucks and the reason they changed it sucks even more.
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feliponsh wrote:
where i can get the new EP Scarlet Starlet?
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Loutriatter wrote:
Has anything changed besides the name? Should I update my iTunes? I can't handle this.
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feliponsh wrote:
awesome band, i love them :)
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Splang wrote:
Scarlet Starlet up on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thealphabetmusic Huzzah!
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jambot wrote:
hahahaha
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zweiundzwei wrote:
um, no. alphabeat ≠ the alphabet.
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davosmavo wrote:
And there is already a band with that name http://www.last.fm/music/Alphabeat
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davosmavo wrote:
The Alphabet? That's just stupid....
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Eoh wrote:
read the explanation on their official site; then I agree and they got approved. I still loved Pretty Balanced more. ... but I love the song. really really. miiisssteeer plaaasstiiicc
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Eoh wrote:
... they changed their name? I just realized a minute ago, how much I love it and how it depicts me and other people in many moments of our lives. And it describes their music superbly. "How are you?" "Pretty balanced." The Alphabet. Meh. Anyway: Pieces and Station Waggin' and Amtrax and Acid indigestion and.
Videos
Featured Tracks
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My Mind is a Box full track | 3:52 |
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Simon's Sleeping full track | 3:31 |
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Miriam full track | 2:28 |
News
Scarlet Starlet EP Release Date
25 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/prettybalanced
Hiya guys,Some
KIIIND of crappy news: we announced the Scarlet Starlet EP release
date as May 1st, and true to our track record, are not going to make
that. We had ou...
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22 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/prettybalanced -
18 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/prettybalanced -
29 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/prettybalanced
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hanjabanja wrote about Pretty Balanced in Artists I like by location, part 8. yesterday afternoon
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sisterthyme tagged Pretty Balanced with ‘dark cabaret’. Wednesday morning
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Noerdi, gonzothegrey, my_moustache and 2 other people added Pretty Balanced to their libraries. 11 days ago
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