The Bats - FoothillsRIYL: The Chills, The Clean, Toy Love, Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, Chris Knox The Bats have officially announced their 10th full length album, Foothills. Spanning the last 38 years, The Bats have clocked nine incredible albums; each one seeing the band evolve with new material from the prolific songwriting hand of Robert Scott. Add to that tally the extra singles, b sides, EPs, compilations and tribute songs theyve recorded, creating a succinct

"It's moody - as in low

but this is absolutely our man: a familiar blond posing on the sleeve

Sheer Agony) on bass and guitar

The live arrangements of these tracks are distinctly different than the recorded arrangements

Michael said ‰ÛÏFug It‰۝ to his former band mates and recorded Think by his lonesome

The album shows Flowers reaching a new level of song writing confidence and having a whole heap of fun in the process

one that showed the world a new side of the Dead

featuring gutsy

A Separation Of Being is a systems music feast for the heart and mind

and producer Kate Shilonosova

The Auteurs arrived on the cusp of shifting musical scenes

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