Fruit Bats - Lives of Crime

Fruit Bats
Lives of Crime

While Fruit Bats in the wild are a somewhat scary flying mammals, Fruit Bats the band actually plays some great indie pop. They’ve been described before as “Califone meets The Shins”… however, what I hear most from them is a good dose of Elephant 6, especially The Apples In Stereo. Which is sort of cool, because I felt like that part of indie rock/pop was not being represented too well on Subpop (although the band has released an earlier album, Mouthfuls, on Subpop).

Their newest album is called Spelled In Bones and the track that’s available to listen to is called “Lives of Crime”. Fruit Bats is mainly Eric Johnson who has been making quirky folk pop for quite awhile now. His voice is really nice, not quite a lazy drawl, but still a bit laid back. I especially liked the choruses where he harmonizes pretty nicely with himself.

It’s difficult to tell everything about a band just by one track, but still I can’t wait to hear some of the other tracks when the full length album comes out. If they’re anything like “Lives of Crime”, I shall be a very happy camper indeed!

Sample tracks from Fruit Bats:
Lives of Crime - Spelled in Bones CD

by Bryan