Fruit Bats Talk to WOUB & Are Podcasted by KEXP; Get Them to #1 This Week!

Fruit Bats‘ album Absolute Loser has been performing well on the CMJ Radio 200, hitting a new peak last week by reaching #5. But let’s be real: this album is so full of choice material that it deserves to reach #1. Give it a boost this week – we’ve pushed “From a Soon-to-Be Ghost Town” and “Humbug Mountain Song,” but the fact is that the entire record is worthy of airplay. If Absolute Loser isn’t in your station’s rotation, your audience is missing out on a record that is catchy, cathartic, and quite possibly classic. Why not give it a spin right now?

Speaking of catharsis, Fruit Bats fans should check out the recent interview Ohio’s WOUB conducted with band mastermind Eric D. Johnson about his emotional journey in writing the album as well as the band’s current tour, his love for radio programmers, and his homemade, DIY-inspired approach to making albums. Read it here!

Finally, KEXP has selected “Humbug Mountain Song” from the album for its weekly Music That Matters podcast. Listen here, and give Absolute Loser a bump on your charts this week.