Popmatters Says Fruit Bats Are “Sincere Without Being Earnest”

PopMatters contends that the new Fruit Bats LP, Gold Past Life, is an “exhilarating trip down multiple memory lanes.” In a new review, the site dissects the album’s thematic and musical conceits, writing that “the whole project seems to walk a fantastically deft line that is self-aware without being arch and sincere without being earnest. Those aren’t easy things to pull off.” Read the full review here, and see Fruit Bats on the road:

07/13 – Red Wing Roots Music Fest – Mount Solon, VA
07/25 – MRG30 Festival – Carrboro, NC
07/26 – Union Stage – Washington, DC
07/27 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
08/01-04 – Pickathon – Happy Valley, OR
08/08 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
08/09 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
08/10 – Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN
08/11 – Railbird Festival – Lexington, KY
09/20 – State Room – Salt Lake City, UT
09/21 – The Aggie – Fort Collins, CO
09/22 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
09/25 – Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
09/26 – Pony Boy – Oklahoma City, OK
09/27 – Satellite – Houston, TX
09/28 – Club Dada – Dallas, TX
09/29 – 3Ten – Austin, TX
10/02 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ
10/03 – Casbah – San Diego, CA
10/04 – Don Quixote’s – Felton, CA
10/05 – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA
11/06 – The Sinclair – Boston, MA
11/07 – Press Room – Portsmouth, NH
11/08 – ArtsRiot – Burlington, VT
11/09 – Wescott Theater – Syracuse, NY
11/10 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
11/13 – Otus Supply – Ferndale, MI
11/15 – The Saturn – Birmingham, AL
11/16 – Exit In – Nashville, TN
11/17 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA
11/19 – Mothlight – Asheville, NC
11/20 – Motorco – Durham, NC
11/22 – Boot & Saddle – Philadelphia, PA

* solo performance by Eric D. Johnson as Fruit Bats