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.

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".

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.

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.