ARTIST: Ian Ball
TITLE: Who Goes There
LABEL: Dispensary
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 184kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 45m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-10-30
RIP DATE: 2007-10-30
Track List
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1. Sweet Sweet Sleep 5:14
2. Automatic Message 3:26
3. Failure 3:25
4. Your Move 4:59
5. The Elephant Pharmacy 3:53
6. Free Tickets To The Moon 0:52
7. Who Goes There 10:10
8. When We Were Cool 2:43
9. Batteries 1:26
10. I Knew You Were Trouble 3:43
11. Enzymes 5:26
Release Notes:
British vocalist/guitarist Ian Ball is one of the three singer/songwriters in
Gomez, a pop/rock quintet with bluesy sensibilities. Joining the band in 1996,
Ball and his four bandmates ù Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, and Olly
Peacock ù first rose to prominence on the strength of the debut album Bring It
On. Several releases followed, and Ball relocated to Los Angeles after 2002's In
Our Gun. Gomez continued to tour and record, however, issuing Split the
Difference in May 2004, Out West in June 2005, How We Operate in May 2006, and
the retrospective collection Five Men in a Hut: Singles 1998-2004 later that
year. Despite the band's steady pace, Ball found time to pursue solo work in his
adopted hometown of L.A., often playing gigs at the Hotel CafΘ. He also dabbled
in electronica with Lionel 6, an experimental trio that included members of
Australia's Gelbison (whose first two albums, 1704 and See the World, were
produced by Ball). Gomez toured across the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand in
2007; while not on-stage, Ball spent much time on his laptop, editing a series
of tracks that had originated as an impromptu jam session in Los Angeles (and
were later completed during sessions at the city's da Schtud studio). Returning
home with the finished product, Ball released Who Goes There ù his first solo
effort ù via the singer's own Dispensary Records.