ballboy

Ballboy
Venue Edinburgh
15/10/05
“You're a big fat bigoted arsehole”. Indeed. All you Rangers and Celtic fans run for your lives, Ballboy are in town... I predict a chibbing!
But why be scared of a band called Ballboy? Fuck, why wouldn't you. Ballboy are boys with balls - and a knee-bendingly hot girl who may or may not have balls, but acts as though she has.
Well not really, I lie, Ballboy wouldn't hurt a simpering cat. Tied down. And blindfolded. But they do have a sexy sultriest as their keyboarder.
The 4-piece band from Edinburgh play melancholic music at its most mellowest.
'The Sash My Father Wore' is a great fuck you to bigots, set to the backdrop of winding guitars and violins. 'A Day in Space' sounds like Idlewild but with less wombiling and more tripy lyrics that bake your mind maaaan!
Ballboy are at their best when they strip it down to its underlying bareness, like on “Stronger Hearts Than Mine Lie Empty”, where it's only singer Gordon's bare-Morrissey-like voice backed up only by his guitar.
Although they have been together for years - releasing four albums - you find it hard to think of any reason that would explain why Ballboy aren't a chart topping band, maybe it would be different if they had balls. Lock up your kittens, Ballboy are in town. (Jamie Crossan)