Saturday, August 28, 2021

Ballboy - A Guide for the Daylight Hours

Long known to me via the version of their song "I Lost You, But I Found Country Music" recorded by lead singer Gordon McIntyre with Laura Cantrell, but without any other context. This 2002 album turns out to be a bit of a charmer, albeit very much of a certain slice of its time - an indie pop record from Scotland at the turn of the millennium, and only just (but nonetheless) on the right side of overly precious, with some good tunes dialled up by melodically noisy fm-radio style instrumentation into low-key epics.