Few bands make it to album number seven with the same energy or passion they had in “the good ol’ days”, but sporting their stickiest hooks, tightest playing and sharpest song writing, ‘Weirder & Weirder’ is Ball Park Music’s best record yet. The band wrote it at their lowest point, yet it’s inescapably upbeat, and although it landed at the start of a brutal winter, it feels tailor-made for summer festivals, road trips and beaches. Even its subtlest flourishes – like the grit spiking the otherwise beautiful pop melodies, or the twinkly atmospherics that add an extra dash of magic to the soundscape – make ‘Weirder & Weirder’ a home run for Ball Park Music.
“Stars In My Eyes” by Ball Park Music is out now via Prawn Records.
The Fat Angel Sings 