FRUIT BATS

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Eric Johnson has been the mainstay of Fruit Bats since their trippy, folky debut (when he was also involved in Califone), through their last two albums on Sub Pop - featuring Johnson and Gillian Lisée. With new album The Ruminant Band, it's as if his work has come to fruition with a full five-piece who (dare I say it) rock. It's still the Fruit Bats, only bigger in every sense. See the transition Midlake made from Bamnan to Van Occupanther? That's the first reference point I have for this record - Johnson claims at one point they almost considered changing the name of the band. They needn't have - it's still as blissful and warm as ever, just imagine the four-year break as a growing period.

Having spent the past couple of years playing in The Shins and Vetiver, I wasn't surprised to see Johnson himself had used the word "choogle" to describe what the band were about to do. He's caught the spirit of Creedence and surfed the wave all the way up the West Coast to Portland. And with Ruminant Band at #1 on the US College chart as I write, there appear to be a good number of kids up for a choogle. So, Brighton, do you? Choogle?

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