Balance & Composure

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Balance and Composure are an American alternative rock band with melodic punk, post-hardcore, and shoegaze influences from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The band consisted of lead vocalist/guitarist Jonathan 'Jon' Simmons, bassist Matthew Warner, drummer Bailey Van Ellis and guitarists Erik Petersen and Andy Slaymaker. The band formed in the winter of 2007; their first release being a 6-song EP entitled 'I Just Want To Be Pure' in 2008. The EP is now out of print.

Influenced by: Touché Amoré, Brand New, Explosions in the Sky, Pianos Become the Teeth

Active:
2007-2018
Scene:
Philadelphia/Doylestown
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