Ink19 Likes Fruit Bats’ Baby Man, Which Goes For Radio Adds Next Week

“Rife with wonderfully expressive lyrics and Eric D. Johnson’s unique voice,” Ink19 writes, “Fruit Bats’ Baby Man offers stripped-down-to-the-glorious-essentials songwriting.” The site compares Johnson to the legendary Leon Russell in its review of the new LP, a bare collection featuring just Johnson’s voice, guitar, piano, and a few subtle synth textures. Read more here.

Baby Man is out today via Merge and goes for NACC adds next week. See Fruit Bats live:

10/16 – Ojai, CA – Ojai Valley Woman’s Club
10/17 – Los Angeles, CA – Pico Union Project
10/18 – San Francisco, CA  –The Chapel (Two Shows)
10/20 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
10/22 – Stoughton, WI – Stoughton Opera House
10/23 – Minneapolis, MN – Icehouse
10/24 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music
10/25 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music
10/27 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
10/29 – Toronto, ON – Longboat Hall
10/30 – Buffalo, NY – The Ninth Ward
10/31 – Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios
11/1 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/2 – Cambridge, MA – Sinclair