Murfreesboro, TN

Songs, under a few different names.

Solo records, a 2017 concept soundtrack with The Markov Seduction, and a 2011 EP with MANGUN that nobody asked for and everybody should hear.

"I'm just a human making some music. I hope you enjoy it."

Solo

Evan Ballard

4 albums, 2022–2025
Spotify · Bandcamp

The name on the door. Four albums since 2022 — most recently The Shadows Made From Light, a collaboration with Italian guitarist Klepstoter (Michele Caccavale) — plus the deluxe cut of Apricity and the earlier Lo.

2025
The Shadows Made From Light
with Klepstoter
2024
Apricity Deluxe Edition
2024
Apricity
2022
Lo

ATC Sound called The Shadows Made From Light a post-Britpop record in the vein of Elbow and Travis, drawing out comparisons to Radiohead's In Rainbows and calling it "an absolute treat from first listen."

Read the full review at ATC Sound →
Debut LP · 2022

Lo

10 tracks
Nashville, TN

Bipolar disorder and depression kept Evan from finishing a project for years. In 2019 his mother, Lois, died — the loss that got him started on his first solo record. His daughter was born in 2021; her middle name, Lo, became the album's title. The opening track, "Whole," opens with a recording of Lois singing him Happy Birthday.

  1. 01Whole feat. Lois Ballard
  2. 02Home
  3. 03Favorite Song
  4. 04The Time It Takes
  5. 05A Part of Me
  6. 06Moths
  7. 07Never Say Goodnight
  8. 08Another Song About Death w. Josh Frigo
  9. 09Almost Over
  10. 10To Say Goodnight

SoundLooks praised the record's blend of alternative folk, art-pop, ambient and soul, and singled out Ballard's "striking celestial voice." JamSphere ran the same praise, calling Lo proof the wait for his debut "was well worth it."

Read The Static Dive →
Read SoundLooks →
Read JamSphere →
Project

The Markov Seduction

The Movie Soundtrack
Oct 16, 2017 · 8 tracks · 29:59
  1. 01Honeymoon2:55
  2. 02At Night2:59
  3. 03Find My Way Home5:04
  4. 04Smile4:28
  5. 05Goodbye, My Love3:04
  6. 06The End4:00
  7. 07Goodbye, Crazy3:12
  8. 08Ink4:16
© 2017 694810 Records DK
Project

MANGUN

Even Our Soft Parts Are Hard EP
May 5, 2011 · 3 tracks
  1. 01Kapowski3:01
  2. 02Hurricane Francis3:58
  3. 03Swiss Missile Crisis3:11
Recorded, produced, mixed/mastered by Eric Gainey at Hole Sound Studio and The MANCAVE.
Strumming / crooning: Gordon Tsunami
Shredding / interpretive dancing: The Business
Low frequency fingerbanging / backup crooning: Coach
Ba-doom-spshhhh'ing / happy thoughts: Stingray
Header art, album design & layout: David Rothwell
In progress

Evan Ballard — MANGUN

New album
Cover reveal + medley preview

The next record — titled MANGUN because most of its songs were written back in that era, even though it's coming out now under the Evan Ballard name.

Below: the cover art reveal, and a 53-second medley pulled from what's coming.

Download the medley (mp3) →
Coming next

Art

This is where the visual art goes — send over the pieces (or links to them) and I'll build this section out the same way as the music: real images, real titles, real context.