Ball Park MusicLaunch Album this week
April 28th, 2009 | By ben
‘Rolling on the floor, Laughing ourselves to sleep’
Ball Park Music – Album Launch – This Week
Thursday – April 30th @ The Troubadour, Brisbane
This Thursday night the kids from Ball Park Music will hit the stage at The Troubadour to launch their self-recorded, self-produced debut album. Those who have attended one of the bands previous shows will know that their charming breed of pop is hard to resist. Fast becoming a favourite of audiences and their musical peers – the night is sure to be the start of something special.
Tickets are selling fast, be sure to get yours early at www.troubadour.oztix.com.au
-Press release below
- Promotional copies of the album available on request
Click here to download high res photos
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The Launch…
In their year-long existence, nothing has held Ball Park Music back – they’ve sneakily paved their way onto the local music scene by playing many a show in the last six months and have now emerged with their curiously titled album, ‘Rolling on the floor, Laughing ourselves to sleep’. The album will be available for the first time at a special performance for its launch at The Troubadour on Thursday, April 30.
The Album…
As intriging as its title, ‘Rolling on the floor, Laughing ourselves to sleep’ covers themes of love and the chaos of society with songs such as ‘All I Want Is You’ and ‘Culture Vultures in the Year 2008‘, while still finding time to shift gears considerably with a gospel-blues styled observation, titled ’21st Century Hymn’ and the striking, narrative styled tale of ’10 Million People’.
The album shows no signs of being penned by 19 year old frontman, Samuel Cromack while being delievered by a band whose average is 20. Stylistically providing swooshes of pop, rock, soul and blues, the band are set to take their musical charm to the next level.
The History…
In 2006, Ball Park Music began to crawl as an uneventful solo adventure for singer/songwriter Samuel Cromack.
In the eighth year of the Naughties, equipped with a little collection of songs, his adventure took him to Brisbane. At a serendipitous pool-party he encountered Daniel Hanson, Dean Hanson, Paul Furness, Brock Smith and Jennifer Boyce: five of the most talented and delightful musicians…EVER!
Baking with their unique pop recipe full of sliding trombones and heart-breaking folk, jangly guitars and honky-tonk piano, sad songs about Translink, and happy songs about rotten storms, Ball Park Music has been gigging flat-chat around Brisbane’s favourite venues and gathering a little following, one person at a time.
The band bunkered down in October and November 2008 to put their first batch of songs to disc. Their promising debut release ‘Rolling on the floor, Laughing ourselves to sleep’ is an 8-track adventure of pure joy, love, woe, curiosity and fun mashed into a ball of catchy Brispop.
Ball Park Music is looking forward to an exciting 2009, and is hoping to see more of your smiling faces at each and every gig. Get in on the fun, and tag along as the five gents and one lass continue to offer their cure for the universal pop virus.
Be at The Troubadour of Thursday, April 30 to see the next chapter un-fold.
What some have said so far…
‘Ball Park Music sound like a band who have been making music for years, Sam makes a confident and charismatic frontman and backed by his army of 5 talented musicians this is a band who will be difficult To ignore in 2009.’ Faster Louder, Live review, March 2009
‘Wonderfully accomplished stuff. Flat out great pop!’ Steph Hughes, triple j Music Team
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www.myspace.com/musicfromtheballpark
Show and ticket details:
Thursday, April 30 | Ball Park Music | The Troubadour, Brisbane (QLD)
‘Rolling on the floor, Laughing ourselves to sleep’ Album launch
with Jake Rush & The Bad Habits and Blame Ringo
For tickets go to:
www.troubadour.oztix.com.au
For a promotional copy of the album, press passes for the launch and interview opportunities, contact:
ben@mucho-bravado.com | +61 (0) 417 628 037
