About Ball Park Music
Ball Park Music is an Australian five-piece indie rock band from Brisbane consisting of Sam Cromack, Jennifer Boyce, Paul Furness, Dean Hanson and Daniel Hanson. Since forming in 2008, the band has released seven studio albums. Their debut, Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs , was nominated for Australian Album of the Year at the J Awards, and its 2012 follow-up, Museum, debuted at number nine on the ARIA charts. Their third album, Puddinghead , was supported by the certified-platinum lead single "She Only Loves Me When I'm There".
Their experimental fourth album Every Night the Same Dream was praised for its psychedelic rock influence. In 2018, the band released Good Mood, a return to their familiar indie pop sound. Its platinum lead single "Exactly How You Are" polled at number 18 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017, and led the record to critical acclaim with three ARIA Award nominations. In 2020, they released their sixth studio album, Ball Park Music, supported by "Cherub" which polled at number four in the Hottest 100 of 2020. It won Album of the Year at the Queensland Music Awards and peaked at number two on the ARIA charts. The band's seventh album, Weirder & Weirder , was nominated for Best Independent Album and Best Rock Album at the 2022 ARIA Awards.
Ball Park Music was formed in 2008 when all five members were chosen to form a band for an assignment at the Queensland University of Technology. Frontman Sam Cromack came up with the band name years prior as a teenager.
In April 2009, the band independently released their first extended play , Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Ourselves to Sleep. It was quickly championed by Triple J presenter Steph Hughes, who gave an early version of "All I Want Is You" and "Black Skies" their first national airplay.
In 2010, the band released their second EP, Conquer the Town, Easy as Cake. It included the band's first Triple J hit, "iFly", which was added to high rotation and received a five-star rating from Richard Kingsmill. Another song, "Western Whirl", was nominated for both Best Alternative and The Courier-Mail People's Choice Awards at the 2010 Q Song Awards.
In October 2010, the band embarked on their first Australian tour in October with Hungry Kids of Hungary and Big Scary and released the single "Sad Rude Future Dude", which was placed on rotation by Triple J.
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