Ball Park Music come all the way from Brisbane to join us at The Lexington.

Ball Park Music had spent twelve months sitting naked before a pedestal fan in a lucid, humid

fantasy. Instead of chasing the bright lights and big dreams of the world’s major cities, the band

decided to crank it in their own backyard and do their next record on their own.

Determined to leave their own print on their craft, they opted to record their new work themselves and

rented a dirt-cheap property in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. Every day they endured

the overwhelming heat of their 70s fibro shack, scooped the mud from the doorway, smashed in the

broken door, cleaned away the rotten food and insects and recorded to the sweet backdrop of leaky

taps, magpies and main roads. And somehow, it worked.

After almost twelve months of recording in a proverbial sauna, the band appointed Grammy-

nominated mixing engineer Tony Hoffer to help complete their hard work in the studio. It was a no

brainer. The band believed that hiring Tony would be a treat after months of isolation and self-

production. Hoffer's esteemed work with Beck, The Kooks, M83, Air, Belle and Sebastian and

countless others was a tantalising prospect and has no doubt helped to enhance the eclectic, vibrant

nature of the band's new material.

The new record is called 'Puddinghead'. They tell me a Puddinghead is a Shakespearean insult

offered to someone who manages to f*ck up even the most simplest of tasks. The band wanted to

celebrate their underdog leanings and rejoice in the love, loss and banalities of suburban Australian

life with all their fans (who, we're pretty sure, feel the same way).

In Australia, Puddinghead skyrocketed to #1 on the iTunes chart and #2 on the Australian ARIA

Chart, as well as being named Feature Album of the Week on tastemaker station triple j. Ball Park

Music are undoubtedly one of Australia’s most prolific indie bands, having released 3 highly-

acclaimed albums in 3 years, sold out headline tours, an Australian tour with Weezer, outstanding

performances at Australia's major festivals including Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival,

Southbound, Homebake and Big Day Out, an international tour via New York, UK and Europe, and

four appearances in the top 40 of Triple J's Hottest 100.

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