Ball Park Music greeted a sold out show at Capitol on Saturday night after local act The Voltaire Twins carved it up early in place of Melbourne band Loon Lake, who didn’t make it to the Perth leg of Ball Park Music’s National Tour.
Opening to a thunderous roar from Perth die-hards, it seemed only fitting that the opening track, Fence Sitter, off their latest full length kicked the night off. Quickly followed up by their breakout hit, iFly went down a treat with fans who had come hoping to hear a good mix of new and not so new Ball Park, their first album having only been released just over a year ago.
Reproducing their new songs to a live audience had looked like a mammoth ask, given the production quality of Museums, but the quintet never faltered, banging out song after song of the quirky, clever rock that they have become so well known for.
Just when it couldn’t have gotten any better, the crowd were treated to a Frankie Valli number, December 1963(Oh what a night), which was a true compliment to the evening and a fine example of what a polished and refined unit Ball Park have become since bursting onto the Australian music scene.
Rounded out by It’s Nice To Be Alive, the night was a hit and left the audience electric and wanting more. After a roaring chant, Ball Park came back on stage and busted out a final encore, during which front-man Sam Cromack dived out into the audience and crowd surfed, before alighting back on the stage and coming back in perfectly to conclude the night with a final burst of vocal brilliance and show why Ball Park Music are the band to look out for in your gig guide this coming year.
by Daniel White
by Daniel White
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