Tyler Ballgame

Tyler Ballgame plays New Century in Manchester on 1 September 2026. Based in Los Angeles, the singer-songwriter threads 60s and 70s orchestral pop and folk into present-day indie pop. Acoustic foundations, unhurried tempos and a voice pushed to the foreground shape songs that stay clear and direct, letting melody lead rather than ornament. The lineage is easy to trace — Roy Orbison, Leonard Cohen, Harry Nilsson, Paul Simon — yet the writing keeps its own pulse, favouring measured arrangements and a pop-tinged nostalgia that avoids pastiche.

Emerging in 2024 with tracks like Radio and Help Me Out, Ballgame quickly moved beyond the local circuit, signing to Rough Trade Records and heading into the studio with Jonathan Rado and Ryan Pollie. Live, that blend of classic codes and modern grain comes through in concise songwriting and arrangements built around the voice, where small dynamic shifts do the work and the chorus arrives without strain. A set anchored in craftsmanship, between gentle folk contours and soft-focus indie pop, with songs designed to linger rather than shout.