Ball Park Music
With their bustling and heady mix of indie pop, rock, psych, and other quirky notes, Brisbane combo Ball Park Music rose to prominence in the early years of the 2010s, beginning as upstart indie darlings and graduating to perennial staples of the Triple J charts. Their critical acclaim has remained consistent throughout their career, but the band enjoyed a particular peak of commercial success in the middle part of the decade with a string of Top Five albums beginning with 2014's breakout Puddinghead on through their pop-driven 2018 outing Good Mood.
Formed in 2008 when Sam Cromack (vocals, guitar), Jennifer Boyce (bass), Dean Hanson (guitar), Daniel Hanson (drums), Brock Smith (guitar), and Paul Furness (keyboards) met on a music technology course at Brisbane's University of Queensland, the unnamed six-piece found themselves with a gig and opted to use Cromack's teenage solo performance name, Ball Park Music, as their moniker. Drawing on the alt-rock scene of the '90s for inspiration, the group self-released their debut EP, Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Ourselves to Sleep, the following year. Picked up by national radio DJ Steph Hughes and championed on her Triple J show, the band saw their profile expanding and issued their second EP, Conquer the Town, Easy as Cake, in 2010. Embarking on their first national tour that same year, the group found further support from Triple J, winning the Queensland Unearthed competition and earning themselves a spot at the Big Day Out festival in the process. Ball Park Music then inked a deal with Sydney-based label Stop Start Music and made their full-length debut in 2011 with Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs. The band continued to tour throughout Australia in support of the album and finished off the year taking the Unearthed Artist of the Year gong at the 2011 Triple J awards.
Following the 2012 departure of guitarist Brock Smith, Ball Park Music carried on as a five-piece and began working on their follow-up album. Moving beyond the indie pop of their first few releases, Cromack expanded his songwriting approach, channeling classic rock acts like Queen and Led Zeppelin as inspiration. Their sophomore long-player, Museum, appeared in the October, debuting on the ARIA album charts at number nine. After a tour in support of the record -- and acting as the opening act for Weezer's Australian tour -- Ball Park Music wasted little time in returning to the studio to record their third LP. Holding sessions throughout 2013 and into the following year, the band opted to produce the album themselves. The resulting Puddinghead appeared in April 2014 and landed at the number two spot on the ARIA charts, making it their most successful release to date. In addition to two major tours of Australia, the group also ventured to Europe at the end of the year. With their profile expanding outside of Australia, they headed the U.S. and made an appearance at Austin's SXSW Festival in early 2015, with Puddinghead receiving a U.K. release on Dramatico.
Returning to the studio in 2016, Ball Park Music eschewed their usual multi-tracking approach and attempted to capture the finely honed live aspect of the band that had developed over the years. The resulting set, Every Night the Same Dream, appeared in August 2016 and featured a more psych-rock-oriented sound. Recording again at their own Bunnings Warehouse Recording Studio, Ball Park Music's next outing, 2018's Good Mood, intentionally utilized a classic pop songwriting structure and simplified lyrical approach. It also gave the band their third consecutive Top Five chart placement, peaking at number five. A pair of singles in the front half of 2020 preceded the October release of their self-titled sixth LP.
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