Daily Emerald Talks To Fruit Bats

Daily Emerald recently interviewed Eric D. Johnson, whose Fruit Bats project is currently on tour behind 2016’s Absolute Loser LP. In the interview, Johnson explains the inspiration behind the album’s cover art and discusses how anxiety can be a creative inspiration for Fruit Bats songs that can seem “light or sunshiny” upon first listen. He also talks a bit about his relationship with The Shins’ James Mercer and what it’s been like to hear his songs covered by bigger bands like the Decemberists and My Morning Jacket. Check out the conversation right here.

Fruit Bats tours the US through the end of the year:

10/26 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
10/27 – Collective Coffee – Milwaukee, WI
10/28 – Space – Evanston, IL
10/29 – Accord – Champaign, IL
10/30 – High Noon – Masdison, WI
11/01 – Zanzabar – Louisville, KY
11/02 – Taft Ballroom – Cincinnati, OH
11/04 – Reverb – Omaha, NE
11/05 – The Fox Theater – Boulder, CO
11/26 – 3S Artspace – Portsmouth, NH
11/28 – Middle East – Cambridge, MA
11/29 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
11/30 – The Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
12/02 – Cats Cradle – Carrboro, NC
12/03 – The Southern – Charlottesville, VA
12/04 – The Mothlight – Asheville, NC