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No Balance Palace

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This is the best album of the danish band since they found their sound in the good life, i'm so proud of being a fan since the begining, this album is not like the others, they have now a live sound, kind of like the sound you get when you listen to them live, my favorite the cynic with the deep voice of david bowie ,a song to remember, i hope they como to mexico soon,

I like music that tends toward the haunting, ethereal, or moody. This group is unusual, creative and has their own sound. I don't regret getting this album. A couple of the songs are simply top shelf and can be played over and over!

I was familiarized with this album through Pandora. I was most intrigued by the tracks "Kalifornia", and "Ophelia." I had heard "She's Made of Chalk" and others and thought that on further listening they would grow on me. I have come to the conclusion that with the exception of the first two tracks I initially enjoyed, the rest of the album is mediocre. I want to like "Ether"; it is either too slow or repetitive, the chorus almost grabs me, but doesn't quite get there. "Curse of Being a Girl" is a terrible song. It grosses me out. The title track I enjoy half of quite a lot, the end of the song; however, I like much less. It changes from the more laid back beginning into a failed attempt at rock and roll ending, which is too bad, the first half of the song is interesting. "The Cynic" featuring David Bowie is almost a good song. It's chorus is too generic and the lyrics too cliche. It sounds like uncharacteristically depressing and unimaginitive Weezer song off the green album to me. I don't really like Weezer and I hate the green album by the way.
I wouldn't buy this album if I could do it all over again. If you are looking for something Danish I would check out Mew. If you can get past the extremely high girly voice they have some really awesome music.

No Balance Palace leaves some of Kashmir earlier ballad laden works. This album is a step in Kashmir's artistic range, and I look forward to what they have in store for us in the future. I stumbled onto this band through the use of Pandora internet radio(great website by the way) and I immediately fell in love with them. I started to flaunt Kashmir's name to all my indie music loving friends and introduced them all to this gem of a band. This band and album may be too good for American ears. I always knew that Europe turns out some of the better indie music of our time, and this Danish rock band is no exception. No Balance Palace kicks things off with "Kalifornia", which is not to be confused with the that West coast state, is great opener with a little bit of everything in it. "Jewel Drop" and "The Cynic" follow it in a thundering and powerful sort of way, a side of Kashmir that maybe hasn't been fulled explored yet. Some true Kashmir follows with "Ophelia", a song about the "Hamlet" character that makes a truly deep description and poem about her. "A Curse of Being a Girl" and "She's made of Chalk" have a very "poppy" feel to them. The album concludes with 4 haunting and riveting tracks including a truly haunting Lou Reed reciting of the poem "Black Building" and the epic 8-minute title track. This album might be Kashmir's most diverse feeling album and a great place to start for new Kashmir fans.

I found this band thru Pandora internet radio. At first hearing, the band sounds like 'Radiohead meets Midlake.' But that's not being really being fair to this band! All the tracks stand up on their own musically; the recording is clean and layered. The singing and lyrics kept me coming back for more replays of the tracks. A few of the tracks go for an almost goth sound with talk-singing and for me at least, those are the least interesting tracks. Btw, the few extra tracks are worth having but I wouldnt call them 'must haves' either. Its a shame the band hasnt done anything recently.

I thought this was an awesome CD. Great to just chill out to. The Cynic and The Curse of Being a Girl are probably some of my favorite songs now. Definitely worth the extra expense to get it from out of the country.

This band was one of those Pandora discoveries. I was listening to a playlist I made based on Film School, a bay area band that is slightly under the radar but outstanding, and the Kashmir song "Jewel Drop" popped up. I became slightly obsessed from this point, and tried to buy from iTunes and then Amazon. This CD is in fact only available from Amazon, which somehow had 2 CD's left in stock when I looked which is awesome considering the disk is a few years old. So this is officially my first purchase of a CD in about 4 or 5 years, and let me say, it is outstanding.

The top tracks, at this early stage are Kalifornia, the aforementioned Jewel Drop, Ether, and Cynic. I am curious how a Dansk band captured the feel of america so well on Kalifornia - this song is truly haunting. Overall, this is an excellent buy if you can find it in the non-crazy priced non-import variety.

This is an astonishing album. The whole album is about mood. At times driving rock, otherwise dark and atmospheric, there are very few pieces of modern music that feel so uniquely...epic. If you've found yourself burned out on the repetitiveness of Tool or want something your radio-friendly ear can pick up and enjoy that will be news to your friends, this is it. You need this album in your collection.

I barely ever give 5 stars to albums. This album blows my mind. How Kashmir has not been widely discovered in the states in beyond me. I high recommend this album. It has the depth and mood of fimiliar to "you forgot it in people" and "ok computer".

The CD was packed adequately, but the case came badly cracked; luckily the CD itself was in good shape.