Fruit Bats

Fruit Bats was founded by Eric Johnson in the mid-nineties. The name “Fruit Bats” (a hell of a name) was one of many cryptic monikers scrawled on the early cassette recordings. The first album they released, “Echolation” (2000), sold poorly despite receiving good reviews. In the years that followed, Fruit Bats toured with the likes of Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, and the Shins. This led to some recognition and eventually to them signing with Sub-pop records, which three of their last four albums have been released under. After a pretty successful release in 2004, the band took a break until working on their most recent offering, The Ruminant Band, which was released back in August.

I picked the album up a few weeks ago, and have really enjoyed it…

- Ben