…for nearly a decade now, Cincinnati chamber-pop outfit The Minor Leagues have quietly issued a half-dozen albums that channel virtually every era of rock’s fertile playground through bandleader Ben Walpole’s singular voice. With the band currently operating as a septet, TML have touched on a number of stylistic themes with their latest album, The Story Is Old, I Know, But It Goes On. Taking cues from the likes of Belle & Sebastian and early Voxtrot, TML fuse together an engaging amalgamation of vintage 60s pop, ambitious orchestral passages, soulful horn stabs, new wave sheen, and 90s indie into a fresh-yet-familiar concoction. With summer on the make, the tracks below may provide excellent fodder for yr pending seasonal mixtapes…

…The Minor Leagues will return to Dayton this weekend with an appearance at South Park Tavern along with locals Vanity Theft and The Quickturns…

MP3: The Minor Leagues “Good Boys”

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MP3: The Minor Leagues “The Love That Never Was”

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MP3: The Minor Leagues “Travel Agent”

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