The debut album by BALLOU, "Lead Poisoning", was released in 2009. Enjoy a preview of songs from this album, and come back for more!
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"With a picture of a gun-wielding octopus in camouflage gear on the cover, it wasn’t hard to mistake this for a double-kick, cookie monster, death metal album. Instead, Lead Poisoning sounds Ringo Starr and Brian Eno doing an album with DeVotchka. Singer/guitarist Kenn Ballou is a storyteller with a knack for melodies that tickle the ear. Lovers of Nilsson and Randy Newman will enjoy the familiar lilt of each cadence. The orchestration of these songs is so minimal: guitar, bass, drums, accordion, and violin. Yet this combination is lush, full, and satisfying. I would have liked the occasional tinkle of a piano, or even a vocal overdub, but there ya go. Superbluousitous! Yes. I made that word up."
- Joel Simches, The Noise
