The Ansells are a three-piece indie outfit from Birmingham. They consist of Lloyd Ballard (guitars and vocals), Paddy Garrigan (bass), and Ollie Gallagher (drums).
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Their debut single caught many an eye as Gigslutz’s This Feeling Track of the Day earlier this year. Let’s examine why:
Have You Got Time
Powered by a great bassline, this debut single charts a course for romantic utopia but stumbles and falls gloriously into despair at several stages.
Our protagonist, yearning for something more, is continually plunged into regret. The sense he is scratching around in the dirt, desperate to make things work when, in truth, love departed a long time ago will crush your soul.
Despite the narrative, Ballard‘s vocal weaves a path through Jamie Boyle's soul (The K’s) and Ollie Anglesa's indie-pop euphoria (The Lilacs) to conjure a powerful melodic hook you cannot free yourself from.