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Rivers Arms
Rock · 2008 · 14 tracks · 58m

Rivers Arms

Balmorhea

A quiet conversation between piano, cello, and acoustic guitar. These fourteen tracks capture the stillness of a wooden house in the middle of a vast landscape.

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It's like a quiet, wooden cabin for your ears when the world gets too loud.

A patient, grounded serenity that feels both deeply private and expansively cinematic.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 58m
01
San Solomon
3:43
02
Lament
3:36
03
The Summer
3:57
04
The Winter
5:51
05
Greyish Tapering Ash
3:42
06
Baleen Morning
3:45
07
Barefoot Pilgrims
4:53
08
Context
4:02
09
Process
6:21
10
Divisadero
3:09
11
Limmat
3:22
12
Theme No. 1
5:11
13
Windansea
3:56
14
San Solomon (reprise)
3:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
the way the piano melody in San Solomon feels like it is searching for a resolution it only finds in the final chords
the sudden, breathy intimacy of the cello entry during The Winter that shifts the mood from cold to comforting
the rhythmic layering of acoustic guitar in Process that builds a gentle momentum without ever breaking the album's stillness
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