[3] Through this band, she met Rob Lowe, one of the founding members of the instrumental ensemble Balmorhea, and joined the group in 2007.
[2] The record features accompaniment by Travis Chapman on upright and electric bass and a guest solo by Alex Dupree.
[5] Burns is the violinist featured on folk singer-songwriter Adam Torres' 2016 LP Pearls to Swine[6] and 2017 EP I Came to Sing the Song.
On Argonauta, called a "stunning composition" by Texas Monthly[8] and "a poignant" album by Pitchfork,[9] Burns' lyrics grapple with the loss of her mother in 2012 alongside the start of a new, life-changing relationship.
[2][10][11] As with her prior effort, Burns composed the string arrangements and self-produced the album, which features Jake Woodruff on guitar, Travis Chapman on bass, Dylan Reick on cello and Thor Harris on vibraphone.