New Music From Fruit Bats

GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (aka Fruit Bats) has released the sparse and intimate new track “Let You People Down.” The song appears on his deeply personal forthcoming album Baby Man, which is set for release September 12th on Merge Records. “This is an ode to the people pleasers of the world,” says Johnson. “It’s about breaking your own heart. It’s about stumbling while navigating the world and wanting to jump off the planet and take a re-set. And of course maybe it’s sneakily and/or subconsciously about my fear of how people might react to this record and its lack of boppy Fruit Bats songs that they might be waiting for. This might be the album’s mission statement, crushed up into a two-minute long easy to swallow tablet.”

Baby Man is unlike any album in Fruit Bats’ celebrated body of work. Composed of ten captivating songs, the new collection finds Johnson performing solo, self-accompanied by guitar, piano or an occasional touch of synth. His use of space throughout the album is often as powerful as the music itself and his remarkable voice, which is as expressive as ever. Album opener “Let You People Down” encapsulates all of these elements and sets the tone for what follows.  It joins advance singles “Creature From The Wild” and “Stuck In My Head Again” at radio now.

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Label: Merge Records

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