Balloon
@ianfromballoon.bsky.social
Singer, writer. Makes records. New LP Gas n Air available now at Bandcamp. “A total 24-carat masterpiece” Record Collector Magazine. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Mojo Magazine.
https://linktr.ee/balloontheband
https://linktr.ee/balloontheband
Tickets for all shows for the Balloon March UK tour are now on sale here linktr.ee/balloontheband The London show at The Betsey with @dannythechamp.bsky.social is an old-fashion Saturday matinee. So you’ll be home for tea. Can’t promise popcorn, but you never know 😉
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Tickets for all shows for the Balloon March UK tour are now on sale here linktr.ee/balloontheband The London show at The Betsey with @dannythechamp.bsky.social is an old-fashion Saturday matinee. So you’ll be home for tea. Can’t promise popcorn, but you never know 😉
Excited to announce Balloon’s first UK tour since backing comic genius Bill Hicks in 1992. Capacity is limited, so don’t hang around. Get your tickets now via the links in the bio.
*Ticket details for the London show follow soon
**poster by the brilliant Louise de Viry
*Ticket details for the London show follow soon
**poster by the brilliant Louise de Viry
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Excited to announce Balloon’s first UK tour since backing comic genius Bill Hicks in 1992. Capacity is limited, so don’t hang around. Get your tickets now via the links in the bio.
*Ticket details for the London show follow soon
**poster by the brilliant Louise de Viry
*Ticket details for the London show follow soon
**poster by the brilliant Louise de Viry
Read more at www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/one-to-watch...
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Read more at www.stateofsoundmagazine.com/one-to-watch...
Wanna hear the LP that moved @lukehaines.bsky.social to tears? Described in Record Collector mag as “a total 24-carat masterpiece” Balloon’s Gas ‘n’ Air is out now at balloontheband.bandcamp.com. It’s a limited edition, so get it while you can.
October 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wanna hear the LP that moved @lukehaines.bsky.social to tears? Described in Record Collector mag as “a total 24-carat masterpiece” Balloon’s Gas ‘n’ Air is out now at balloontheband.bandcamp.com. It’s a limited edition, so get it while you can.
Talking journalism, parenthood, and all sorts of other grown-up stuff + digging deep on Gas 'n' Air with the warm and welcoming @hiartontheedge.bsky.social. Streaming now in all the usual places.
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Talking journalism, parenthood, and all sorts of other grown-up stuff + digging deep on Gas 'n' Air with the warm and welcoming @hiartontheedge.bsky.social. Streaming now in all the usual places.
Listen up people! Live now on the Balloon Patreon page: Six songs, three from each LP. Enjoy this and more for free. Huge thanks to Pete Jones for hosting. And to your for tuning in....❤️
Link in the bio. #radioreverb #singersongwriter #balloontheband #indiefolk #petejonesshow
Link in the bio. #radioreverb #singersongwriter #balloontheband #indiefolk #petejonesshow
September 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Listen up people! Live now on the Balloon Patreon page: Six songs, three from each LP. Enjoy this and more for free. Huge thanks to Pete Jones for hosting. And to your for tuning in....❤️
Link in the bio. #radioreverb #singersongwriter #balloontheband #indiefolk #petejonesshow
Link in the bio. #radioreverb #singersongwriter #balloontheband #indiefolk #petejonesshow
It’s Bandcamp Friday, people. You know the drill. Record Collector Magazine called Balloon’s Gas ‘n’ Air “A total 24-carat masterpiece”. Wanna hear what moved @lukehainesart.bsky.social to tears? Follow the link in the bio☝️ recordcollectormag.com/articles/luk...
September 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It’s Bandcamp Friday, people. You know the drill. Record Collector Magazine called Balloon’s Gas ‘n’ Air “A total 24-carat masterpiece”. Wanna hear what moved @lukehainesart.bsky.social to tears? Follow the link in the bio☝️ recordcollectormag.com/articles/luk...
Huge thanks to @gidcoe.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social for playing There is Love off the new Balloon LP Gas ‘n’ Air on @bbc6music.bsky.social tonight. And to the righteous @lukehaines.bsky.social for tipping them off. Thanks fellas 🙏
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Huge thanks to @gidcoe.bsky.social @marcrileydj.bsky.social for playing There is Love off the new Balloon LP Gas ‘n’ Air on @bbc6music.bsky.social tonight. And to the righteous @lukehaines.bsky.social for tipping them off. Thanks fellas 🙏
New from Balloon on Patreon: our first US tour. For now it’s a trip down memory lane but who knows, with luck, there may be a return. Meanwhile indulge yourselves and me, for free, at www.patreon.com/Balloontheband.
July 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New from Balloon on Patreon: our first US tour. For now it’s a trip down memory lane but who knows, with luck, there may be a return. Meanwhile indulge yourselves and me, for free, at www.patreon.com/Balloontheband.
Read and hear the story of Lafayette, a long lost Balloon tune, on Patreon now. Link in bio.
#GrandDrive #Basementtapes #DylanandtheBand #Dedicatedrecords #BalloonGravity #NewOrleans
Pic: Balloon outside Bill's Records, Dallas, Texas; June 1992. (photo: Alex Hofmann)
#GrandDrive #Basementtapes #DylanandtheBand #Dedicatedrecords #BalloonGravity #NewOrleans
Pic: Balloon outside Bill's Records, Dallas, Texas; June 1992. (photo: Alex Hofmann)
June 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Read and hear the story of Lafayette, a long lost Balloon tune, on Patreon now. Link in bio.
#GrandDrive #Basementtapes #DylanandtheBand #Dedicatedrecords #BalloonGravity #NewOrleans
Pic: Balloon outside Bill's Records, Dallas, Texas; June 1992. (photo: Alex Hofmann)
#GrandDrive #Basementtapes #DylanandtheBand #Dedicatedrecords #BalloonGravity #NewOrleans
Pic: Balloon outside Bill's Records, Dallas, Texas; June 1992. (photo: Alex Hofmann)
The Pete Jones Show on RadioReverb www.radioreverb.com today at 5pm (UK). Tune in for Balloon and more. 97.2FM, DAB+ and streaming far and wide.
May 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Pete Jones Show on RadioReverb www.radioreverb.com today at 5pm (UK). Tune in for Balloon and more. 97.2FM, DAB+ and streaming far and wide.
Not so long ago I did a great two-parter with the awesome Surprise Cast talking all things Balloon. If you didn’t catch it then, listen now on Patreon via link in bio. (Photo Kingsway, New Orleans, during recording sessions for the Balloon LP Gravity). Thanks a million to hiartontheedge.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Not so long ago I did a great two-parter with the awesome Surprise Cast talking all things Balloon. If you didn’t catch it then, listen now on Patreon via link in bio. (Photo Kingsway, New Orleans, during recording sessions for the Balloon LP Gravity). Thanks a million to hiartontheedge.bsky.social
Got a new (free) post up on Patreon continuing the story behind the new LP Gas 'n' Air. Hear here: www.patreon.com/Balloontheband
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Got a new (free) post up on Patreon continuing the story behind the new LP Gas 'n' Air. Hear here: www.patreon.com/Balloontheband
Thanks to the gang @unionmusicstore.bsky.social @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social #recordstoreday #vinyl #balloontheband
April 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Got a thing up on Patreon now about me and Beyoncé. No, seriously. www.patreon.com/Balloontheband
April 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Got a thing up on Patreon now about me and Beyoncé. No, seriously. www.patreon.com/Balloontheband
Wrote a bit about Balloon and Baudelaire. Pretentious? Moi?
Check it out in part two of the 'demo dump' from Gas 'n' Air now for free on Patreon via linktr.ee/balloontheband
Check it out in part two of the 'demo dump' from Gas 'n' Air now for free on Patreon via linktr.ee/balloontheband
March 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Wrote a bit about Balloon and Baudelaire. Pretentious? Moi?
Check it out in part two of the 'demo dump' from Gas 'n' Air now for free on Patreon via linktr.ee/balloontheband
Check it out in part two of the 'demo dump' from Gas 'n' Air now for free on Patreon via linktr.ee/balloontheband
New single. Out now. Get it in yer ears people ! balloontheband.bandcamp.com/album/gas-n-...
*as endorsed by brother Haines @lukehaines.bsky.social 😉
*as endorsed by brother Haines @lukehaines.bsky.social 😉
March 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
New single. Out now. Get it in yer ears people ! balloontheband.bandcamp.com/album/gas-n-...
*as endorsed by brother Haines @lukehaines.bsky.social 😉
*as endorsed by brother Haines @lukehaines.bsky.social 😉
Those in the know - among them @mojomagazine.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @petepaphides.bsky.social @unspunheroes.com @birmingham81.bsky.social @dannydeathdisco.bsky.social @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social - rate this highly. Check out it out for yourself at balloontheband.bandcamp.com.
March 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Those in the know - among them @mojomagazine.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @petepaphides.bsky.social @unspunheroes.com @birmingham81.bsky.social @dannydeathdisco.bsky.social @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social - rate this highly. Check out it out for yourself at balloontheband.bandcamp.com.
Thinking of Bill today. To have witnessed his genius up close was a privilege for which I shall always be grateful. The funniest man, the sharpest mind, the kindest soul.
Miss you, Bill. 🖤
Miss you, Bill. 🖤
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thinking of Bill today. To have witnessed his genius up close was a privilege for which I shall always be grateful. The funniest man, the sharpest mind, the kindest soul.
Miss you, Bill. 🖤
Miss you, Bill. 🖤
Bill Fay. Peerless songwriter. RIP.
February 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Bill Fay. Peerless songwriter. RIP.
Buddy Holly died this day in 1959. Read why he meant so much to Balloon on patreon www.patreon.com/Balloontheba...
February 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Buddy Holly died this day in 1959. Read why he meant so much to Balloon on patreon www.patreon.com/Balloontheba...
“The sound and quality matches Gravity, Balloon’s faultless debut.”
MOJO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Huge thanks to Martin Aston for the fab ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of Gas ‘n’ Air in the latest issue of @mojomagazine.bluesky.social
MOJO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Huge thanks to Martin Aston for the fab ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of Gas ‘n’ Air in the latest issue of @mojomagazine.bluesky.social
January 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“The sound and quality matches Gravity, Balloon’s faultless debut.”
MOJO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Huge thanks to Martin Aston for the fab ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of Gas ‘n’ Air in the latest issue of @mojomagazine.bluesky.social
MOJO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Huge thanks to Martin Aston for the fab ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of Gas ‘n’ Air in the latest issue of @mojomagazine.bluesky.social
Season two: Meg shares her skills in morris dancing, motor mechanics, and whaling.
January 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Season two: Meg shares her skills in morris dancing, motor mechanics, and whaling.
I wrote a few thoughts on Bob and how our paths crossed. well kinda, almost...
It's free at patreon.com/Balloontheband
It's free at patreon.com/Balloontheband
January 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I wrote a few thoughts on Bob and how our paths crossed. well kinda, almost...
It's free at patreon.com/Balloontheband
It's free at patreon.com/Balloontheband