WTBU Interviews Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats

Fruit Bats frontman Eric D. Johnson recently sat down with Boston University’s WTBU for a wide-ranging interview about his musical history, creative process, and latest album, The Landfill. Johnson recalls how discovering Pavement and Guided by Voices in the ’90s helped convince him that making music was something he could actually do, and reflects on how his songwriting has evolved over nearly three decades. He also offers up one of the better descriptions of Fruit Bats’ sound we’ve heard: “existential makeout music.”

Johnson also discusses the spontaneous recording approach behind The Landfill, made just two months after his solo album Baby Man, and his desire to capture the relaxed chemistry of musicians playing together without an audience. Read the whole interview here!