Balto
Balto is an American band.
Following an ill-fated six-month stint as… Read Full Bio ↴Balto is an American band.
Following an ill-fated six-month stint as a copy editor and telemarketer in Moscow, Russia, guitarist and songwriter Dan Sheron lost his marbles and went to Siberia, where he wrote a cycle of songs describing the life he’d decided to leave behind. That winter (2010), Balto laid those songs on its first record, October’s Road, in a single blustery day in a Brooklyn basement and went on to tour the United States & Canada for the first time. Critics from outlets such as - AP magazine, Folk Radio UK, and Slowcoustic - praised the debut as an undiscovered songwriting gem of 2011, with features on several best-of-the-year lists. Beats per minute wrote "October's Road may just be the best album I've heard by an unsigned new artist.”
Following a move to Portland, Oregon, the band released 2012’s follow-up, Monuments, and hit the road again, touring up and down the East and West Coasts, joining national acts (Roadkill Ghost Choir, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, etc) in Portland's premier live rooms, and giving one-off performances in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.
Balto emerged again in 2014 as a five-piece rock’n’roll band – electric guitars and Hammond organs, chiming acoustic guitars and the occasional Bonzo flourish, all held down on bass by a retired fighter with a deep admiration for James Jamerson. This is mercurial, psychedelic country-rock – song-driven rock’n’roll – a hair-raising live performance burning its way across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Following an ill-fated six-month stint as… Read Full Bio ↴Balto is an American band.
Following an ill-fated six-month stint as a copy editor and telemarketer in Moscow, Russia, guitarist and songwriter Dan Sheron lost his marbles and went to Siberia, where he wrote a cycle of songs describing the life he’d decided to leave behind. That winter (2010), Balto laid those songs on its first record, October’s Road, in a single blustery day in a Brooklyn basement and went on to tour the United States & Canada for the first time. Critics from outlets such as - AP magazine, Folk Radio UK, and Slowcoustic - praised the debut as an undiscovered songwriting gem of 2011, with features on several best-of-the-year lists. Beats per minute wrote "October's Road may just be the best album I've heard by an unsigned new artist.”
Following a move to Portland, Oregon, the band released 2012’s follow-up, Monuments, and hit the road again, touring up and down the East and West Coasts, joining national acts (Roadkill Ghost Choir, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, etc) in Portland's premier live rooms, and giving one-off performances in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.
Balto emerged again in 2014 as a five-piece rock’n’roll band – electric guitars and Hammond organs, chiming acoustic guitars and the occasional Bonzo flourish, all held down on bass by a retired fighter with a deep admiration for James Jamerson. This is mercurial, psychedelic country-rock – song-driven rock’n’roll – a hair-raising live performance burning its way across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
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Balto Lyrics
Airplanes As a child I looked at airplanes Learned all their technical…
Black Snake Mojave Blues With the edge of the Mojave Curling up into the fire The…
Born Astray A dream a dying flame My brain is tinder to the…
CA Luv First encounters of a simpler kind Damn, it was easy, I…
Doves The white dove at morning called out to warn me…
Elizabeth the Bumblebee Elizabeth the bumblebee keeps flying round and stinging me …
Home November Shore At a bus stop in a border town This lovelorn refugee Slowl…
Kirov Factory desperate, Fingers prints on black and white her hands tie…
Long Time Coming Been coming for a long, long time Oh did you say…
Lost on the Young Come with me in the southern heat Where the mind recalls…
One Night Show It's a perfect one night show Lights on in the morning…
Self Portrait Oh darlin' just for you I'll be a good man I'll…
The Lover Hey there lover don’t you feel so bad There aint no…
The Railyard Oh my sweet little darling dear When these words reach…
The Tin Man The Tin Man’s sitting in the waiting room With his brand…