Hi, Jeff here. Feels good typing and copying and pasting again. Been a busy summer. Got this email from SubPop records in Seattle announcing the release of a new record from the band playing GB on 8/24. Very stoked they are going to be here. If you can't come out for the show checkem out in a city near you.....
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It’s been a few years since the Fruit Bats put out a record, 4 to be exact. But Fruit Bats leader Eric D. Johnson hasn’t been sitting idly by; he’s spent his time playing with label mates The Shins and Vetiver, honing his skills and biding his time for his attack. Well, maybe not an attack so much as another really, really good record. On August 4th, The Ruminant Band is available on CD, LP (comes with digital download code and is gatefold, BTW), and of course, digital. If you pre-order through August 4th, you’ll automatically receive $2 off our already well-priced price. That’s makes it just $10 for the CD and $12 for the LP –around the office, we call that sort of thing a no-brainer. We’re also into giving away stickers and buttons and whatever else we can find to spruce up your order, so expect that sort of thing too.
Pre-order The Ruminant Band here:
http://www.subpop.com/releases/fruit_bats/full_lengths/the_ruminant_band
Listen to Fruit Bats here:
http://www.subpop.com/artists/fruit_bats
Read a bit more about the new record: Over the course of three records, the last two on Sub Pop (2003’s Mouthfuls and 2005’s Spelled in Bones), Eric D. Johnson’s Fruit Bats have looked for ways to file down the cynical edge of modern life and found many. Using bright melodies, defiantly major-key chord structures, natural imagery mixed with the occasional blazing insight and tender observation, the Fruit Bats have never shied away from darkness, but more uncommon in this day and age, they’ve refused to shy away from light. With The Ruminant Band, this tradition continues in characteristically rich and involving fashion. From the barn-floor stomp of "The Hobo Girl" and the Fleetwood Mac-esque shimmy of the title track to the propulsive yet spacious ‘70s country-rock jam "Tegucigalpa" and the parlor piano soft-shoe of "Flamingo," The Ruminant Band makes good on Johnson’s recent message board promise: "We are going to choogle for you." The songwriting and production on The Ruminant Band mark a further crystallization of Johnson’s own melodic instincts and overall vision over the past near-decade, abetted by brothers-in-arms who know both bluster and restraint. Fruit Bats on the Road: Aug 18 Lucky Bar, Vancouver, Canada Aug 19 Media Club, Vancouver, Canada Aug 20 Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA Aug 21 Mural AMphitheater, Seattle, WA Aug 22 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR Aug 22 Music Millennium, Portland, OR Aug 24 Gundlach-Bundschu Winery, Sonoma, CA Aug 25 Independent, San Francisco, CA Aug 26 Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA Aug 27 Plush, Tucson, AZ Aug 28 Corazon, Sante Fe, NM Aug 29 Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO Aug 31 Opalis Productions, Norman, OK Aug 31 Guestroom Records - OKC, OK Sep 01 Good Records, Dallas, TX Sep 01 The Loft (TX), Dallas, TX Sep 02 Mohawk, Austin, TX Sep 02 Waterloo Records, Austin, TX Sep 03 Walter's on Washington, Houston, TX Sep 04 Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA Sep 05 Red Star Bar @ The Lyric, Oxford, MS Sep 06 The Earl, Atlanta, GA Sep 07 Grimeys, Nashville, TN Sep 08 Exit/In, Nashville, TN Sep 09 Square Room, Knoxville, TN Sep 10 Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC Sep 11 Black Cat, Washington, DC Sep 12 Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA Sep 14 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY Sep 15 T.T.The Bears, Cambridge, MA Sep 16 Big Orbit's Soundlab, Buffalo, NY Sep 17 Southgate House, Newport, KY Sep 18 Zanzabar, Louisville, KY Sep 19 Orpheum Stage Door, Madison, WI Sep 20 Reckless Records (Wicker Park), Chicago, IL Sep 20 Schubas, Chicago, IL Sep 21 Schubas, Chicago, IL
