News

2016/04/04

By Franck on Sunday 3 April 2016, 18:30 - News

Knights of Something is now available!

You can find it in the (best) record stores in France, Belgium, Austria, UK, Germany, Switzerland.

And also online for France: Buy CD / Blue vinyl - Buy on iTunes France and Germany & Austria: Buy CD / Blue vinyl - Buy on iTunes Germany

Japanese and USA release

Knight of Something will be released in Japan by Donuts Pop on April 13th and in the USA by New High Recordings.

Press

You can read an interview in german and the first 4 reviews of "Knights of Something" on Intro, BenzineMag, Addict Culture & New Noise (image).

Video

Discover the new refreshing video for the title "Lemon seed" filmed in Hawaii by TvB himself!

Tour dates

Check the spring european tour on the tour page. The first show will take place this Saturday in Paris for Sourdoreille 10th anniversary.

Compilation Inrockuptibles

The title "Astrid" from the new album appears on "un printemps 2016" compilation offered with Les Inrockuptibles #1059. Added in the discography.

Lyrics

You can discover the words of "Knights of Something" on the dedicated page.

Équilibre Fragile #3

You can read an interview of TvB about Elliott Smith and The Color Bars Experience project, along with Jason Lytle & Ken Stringfellow's ones and lots of other good stuff in the new issue of the french magazine. You can order it here.

2016/03/03

By Franck on Thursday 3 March 2016, 18:32 - News

Pre-order Knights of Something!

You can now pre-order the new album Knights of Something.

For France:

Pre-order CD / Blue vinyl
Pre-order on iTunes France - Instant download of "Astrid" and "Manic High"

For Germany + Austria:

2016/01/14

By Franck on Thursday 14 January 2016, 11:26 - News

Knights of Something: new album out on April 1st 2016

Troy Von Balthazar’s 4th studio album was recorded in Berlin and the South of France. He used a combination of an old Tascam 388, tape machine and Protools, a bunch of amazing guitar pedals, and vintage microphones.
It's lo-fi songwriting and recording at it's best, stream of consciousness music structures and powerful lyrics. The songs create a very distinct atmosphere that is really "The TvB sound".

Knights of Something will be released on LP, CD & digital on April 1st 2016:

by Vicious Circle in France (distribution: L'autre Distribution)
by Siluh Records in Austria (dist: Hoanzl), Switzerland (dist: Irascible), Germany (dist: Cargo), Benelux (dist: Sonic Rendezvous), UK (dist: Plastic Head)

Tracklisting

Surfer
Thugs
We need you
Smarter
Astrid
Empire of my hate
New world lamb
Touch is meat
Curses!
Smile
My black prize
Manic high
Lemon seed

Listen to "Manic high"

You can listen to the track "Manic high" from the new album on Soundcloud. Enjoy!

Tour

TvB will tour Europe in spring: more news later.

2015/11/08

By Franck on Sunday 8 November 2015, 11:36 - News

The Color Bars Experience on tour

The Tribute to Elliott Smith's "Figure 8" including TvB, Jason Lytle and Ken Stringfellow will hit the road on December (in France only):

15/12 : Théâtre du Quai / Angers
16/12 : Le Lieu Unique / Nantes
18/12 : Espace André Malraux / Six Fours
19/12 : Opéra / Clermont Ferrand
20/12 : Théâtre Sébastopol / Lille

More info on the shows page.

Home shows

TvB has toured France for private shows during september-october. Here are a few words from him: The private TvB home shows were fantastic. It was one of the most fun tours I have ever done. The people were all great. I made lots of new friends, had great food and played some great shows. Thanks to all the wonderful people who invited me into their homes.

Documentary

The TvB Documentary Project is a transmedia project about the personality and music of TvB. Follow the project on his Facebook page and watch/listen to exclusive content, like this video of his new song.

TVB - At home - New song from Ethnomedia on Vimeo.

Recording

The recording is in the final mixing. The new TvB album should be out in the spring. I'm really happy with the way the songs sound. Each one is directly from a part of my life. It's a special album for me.

Équilibre Fragile #2

Équilibre Fragile is a new french magazine made by enthusiastic people (they previously released a tribute to TvB). You can preorder Équilibre Fragile #2 including a special report on TvB.

New video

You can watch a new video filmed on the rooftops of Toulon during his private tour: TvB plays Tropical.

2015/04/28

By Franck on Tuesday 28 April 2015, 14:39 - News

Interview

You can read an interview with Troy, Jason Lytle & Ken Stringfellow about their relationship with Elliott Smith, his work, his album "Figure 8" on Les Inrocks.