Track of the Day: Nathan Ball “Call It Love” (2019)

Currently touring Australia for the first time with Ziggy Alberts, UK rising star Nathan Ball has just dropped a brand new single “Call It Love”, and its one that fans of singer/songwriters like Ziggy, Passenger or Kim Churchill need to get their ears around. Hell, if you like music at all then this is probably for you.

The track was produced by Max Radford – who also plays in Ball’s band – and shows the songwriter in his element, with a song that felt like it was made for the Australian Summer.

I was lucky enough to catch the man himself play with Ziggy in Newcastle earlier this month, and can attest to his craft on the stage; but this was just solo. On record, and with the band, he truly comes alive, and “Call It Love” parades those talents for the world to hear.

Listen to the song here:

This is what Nathan had to say about the inspiration behind the track:

“’Call It Love’ was written after we’d been on the road through the summer playing festivals, we were inspired by the energy of it all and got back to London and wanted to get back to writing. Max – our producer had moved his bed into his garage and we turned his room into a studio. It was a great space and worked out pretty well until winter arrived and it got too cold in the garage so we changed it all back around, but we got this song out of it”.

‘Call It Love’ is available now. Follow Nathan on Facebook.

NATHAN BALL: AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
Supporting Ziggy Alberts

FRI 1 FEB | WHALERS HOTEL, WARRNAMBOOL VIC ** SOLD OUT **
FRI 8 FEB | GOLDEN HILL STEINER SCHOOL, GOLDEN HILL WA ** SOLD OUT **
SAT 9 FEB | SETTLERS TAVERN, MARGARET RIVER WA ** SOLD OUT **
SUN 10 FEB | YALLINGUP HOTEL, YALLINGUP WA ** SOLD OUT **
THU 14 FEB | FREMANTLE TOWN HALL, FREMANTLE WA ** SOLD OUT **
FRI 15 FEB | BADLANDS, PERTH WA ** SOLD OUT **
FRI 22 FEB | FESTIVAL HALL, MELBOURNE VIC ** SOLD OUT **
SAT 23 FEB | THE ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY NSW ** SOLD OUT **
FRI 1 MAR | THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE QLD ** SOLD OUT **
SAT 2 MAR | THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE QLD ** SOLD OUT **
SUN 3 MAR | BYRON BAY BREWERY, BYRON BAY NSW ** SOLD OUT **

Larry Heath

Founding Editor and Publisher of the AU review. Currently based in Toronto, Canada. You can follow him on Twitter @larry_heath or on Instagram @larryheath.