![]() ![]() Reforming in 2015, Fruit Bats released their sixth official full-length LP, Absolute Loser, in 2016 via newly formed Los Angeles-based label Easy Sound.įruit Bats signed to North Carolina-based independent label Merge Records in 2018. The following year Johnson released an album under the name EDJ. That month they played what was to be their farewell show at a sold out Aladdin Theatre in Portland, OR. Johnson announced he would be dissolving Fruit Bats. In 2009, they released The Ruminant Band and in 2011 came Tripper. In 2008, the Fruit Bats began working together again, with revised membership of Johnson, Christopher Sherman, Ron Lewis, Graeme Gibson, and Sam Wagster. Johnson played with The Shins and Vetiver. Spurred on by Califone/Perishable Records honchos Tim Rutili and Ben Massarella, the group recorded their first album, Echolocation, released in 2001.Īfter tours with Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Modest Mouse and The Shins, Fruit Bats signed with Sub Pop in late summer 2002, recording their second album, 2003's Mouthfuls, which included new bandmate Gillian Lisee.Īfter relocating to Seattle, the group released their third album, Spelled in Bones, in 2005. When I Rowboat split up, Fruit Bats became Johnson's main focus. Originally part of short-lived Chicago group I Rowboat, Johnson and two of his fellow Rowboat members, guitarist Dan Strack and drummer Brian Belval, created Fruit Bats as a side-project. ![]() Their albums include Echolocation (2001), Mouthfuls (2003), Spelled in Bones (2005), The Ruminant Band (2009), Tripper (2011), and Absolute Loser (2016). The group has had many personnel changes but revolves around songwriter Eric D. T… Read Full Bio ↴ Fruit Bats is an American indie-rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. ![]() Fruit Bats is an American indie-rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. ![]()
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