Music:
Member Since: 7/7/2005
Band Website: geocities.com/baseballtheband
Band Members: Yes, we have band members. 2 girls and 2 boys.
Sounds Like: voice, violin, drum, guitar, bass, melodica, other voices...
"A strong debut". Four Stars, Rolling Stone.
’’Baseball are the quintessential Melbourne band circa 2007, fusing urgent punk with hypnotic Eastern European violins into a unique sound.
Like the Cramps being shoved in a blender with the Dirty Three, their shows are manic and not to be missed!" -
Patrick Donovan, The Age Music Writer
“One of the most original, passionate and impressive debuts you will hear this year, Animal Kingdom is totally wild. 9/10†Blunt Mag – Issue 67
“Soft Boy Factory – Single Of The Week. Holy flipping heck.†Rave Mag, 8-01-08
“Soft Boy Factory - Single Of the Week†– Drum Media – Perth 24-01-08
“There are so many brilliant bands coming out of Melbourne right now…..and the most exciting of all those acts has to be Baseball†Drum Perth 24-01-08
"Soft Boy Factory is one of those undeniable whirling dervish-ish two and a half minutes of sheer shouty excitement that is not only desperately needed after a year of so-so releases, but exciting on its own merits anyway." - Clem Bastow, Inpress
"easily my new favoritest band" -
Jon Chapple, Mclusky, Shooting At Unarmed Men.
"Baseball completely blew me away, I don’t reckon I’ve seen them for over 6 months, and they were unbelievably compelling." -
Ryan Egan. Triple R radio, Melbourne.
"Relentless rhythm that is impossible to stand still to. The violin conjures cerain presumptions about the musical style of a band but Baseball blow these presumptions out of the water." - Sarah Delfante, Drum Media Perth
From the forthcoming Super-8 Diarys DVD
Podcast from ROCKUS.COM.AU
Record Label: Stomp Records (Aust & NZ)
Type of Label: Indie
