With the runaway success of the single ‘iFly’ (you know the one: “I f**king love you, I think you’re pretty”), Ball Park Music’s profile is certainly going from strength to strength. The six-headed pop collective has been pricking ears with their lively blend of ingenuis indie-pop/rock and turning heads with their raucous live show, one where literally anything can happen.

The band recently released their second EP Conquer the Town, Easy as Cake to an unsuspecting Australian audience and the response has been overwhelming – ‘iFly’ proved to be ideal triple j material as it lept right to high rotation and has repeatedly featured as the most popular on Super Request. Another of the EP’s finest moments – ‘Western Whirl’ – was nominated for both The Courier Mail People’s Choice Song of the Year and Best Alternative at this year’s Q Song Awards – it didn’t win but a French milk company loved it enough to feature it in their latest campaigns.

All in all, this sets the band up nicely for the remaining months of 2010 where they will be undertaking their very first national tour, a brand new single release – but more about that later. Thursday, September 2 will be their last headline appearance in Brisbane, possibly for the year and they’re celebrating by re-releasing their debut EP Rolling On The Floor, Laughing Ourselves To Sleep in fancy new packaging (you might remember their remaining stock being sizzled in a house fire last year) and launching a new range of Ball Park Music merchandise. Joining them on the night will be the indie-rock goodness of the Gold Coast’s Oceanics and the local emerging star on the rise Emma-Louise.

Ball Park Music
Thursday, September 2 | The Troubadour, Brisbane
with Oceanics and Emma-Louise
Tix – Pre $8 / Door $10 www.troubadour.oztix.com.au/