Project Description

BALL PARK MUSIC‘Exactly How You Are’ (Single Review)

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After releasing their fourth album last year and going on a national tour, Ball Park Music “had a huge unexpected burst of writing”. Teasing fans for a few months that there was something big coming, we now have a taste of a forthcoming record from these Aussie Legends with Exactly How You Are.

Right off the bat the song feels like a mixture between the sound Every Night the Same Dream and their first record, Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs. It’s a feel good track that reminds you exactly why you fell in love with Ball Park in the first place.

Lead singer, Sam Cromack, told Triple J’s Veronica and Lewis that the idea for the song came from a friend talking about a new relationship when he said ‘It’s nice to be with someone who likes me exactly how I am’. Cromack’s writing definitely delivers the love through his lyrics, filled with all the humour comes out in a lot of BPM’s work. The beautifully blunt lyrics offer sincerity and comedy but also give us a great summer anthem with the chorus.

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A psychedelic electric guitar accompanied by a cheerful rhythm acoustic kicks the song into gear, taking control of the verses; it’s smooth and easy going. By the chorus we’ve got three layers of guitar that all brilliantly compliment each other, giving us that real wholesome feeling, especially with a filling bass line underneath. The drums are steady and catchy, knowing exactly when to amped the song up to it’s blissful climax.

This song found beauty in simplicity, using the tropes of Ball Park Music’s style and keeping their catalogue coherent and refreshing at the same time.

Ball Park, we love you exactly how you are.

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AMNPLIFY – DB

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Reviewer Details

  • Blake Luxford