Personally, I am not much of a ballad-liker, no fan of over romantic tunes. But there certainly are some exceptions. Ben Fold Five’s “Evaporated” can make me quiver, Nick Drake’s “Fruit Tree” tightens my throat a tad and Cerys Matthew’s “Open Road” does things as well. That said, it is seldom that a ballad drives me to a band or introduces me to a songwriter. Typically, the ballads are the ones that sink in last, long after my interest was solidified by some proper other song. Well, it happens nonetheless. I recently stumbled across (credits to aurgasm) a man by the name of Ferraby Lionheart who’s meat, I might add, is not writing ballads but who does just that pretty well. Dunno if it’s the voice, the pretty string arrangements or whatnots but I must say the first song on his latest album Catch The Brass Ring that got to me is the one I present to you here, today, as proof that the null-hypothesis is not always correct. There simply are some nice slow paced songs out there, so grab a cup of tea and linger on this one for 4 minutes and 50 seconds. Afterwards, I recommend ACDC’s “Riff Raff”.