Americana UK Shares Fruit Bats’ Video For “The Landfill”

Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson recently explained the video for “The Landfill,” the lead single from his upcoming album of the same name, to Americana UK. “This is my sixth video with the great Adam Willis, AKA Brother Willis. Another in our long line of collabs, which are often funny with cold opens and strange characters plumbing the depths of the human psyche. The very first brainstorm session, we landed on Close Encounters of the Third Kind as an initial reference. Especially the notion of a man at a crossroads who is haunted by a mysterious shape. Later, that morphed into the idea that, for some strange reason, I live a double life as a tortured art star in Europe… Silly and obscure as these concepts may be, the video still plays to the lyric and feeling of the song. The notions of memory and legacy, and following signs that may or may not lead you down the right path. Adam and I always like winking in these videos, but the concepts and stories are still kinda poignant at the end of the day.” Check that out here.

After a solo jaunt earlier this year, Fruit Bats will do a large full-band tour behind the new album. Check out the dates:

6/11 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
6/12 – Tucson, AZ – La Rosa
6/13 – Santa Fe, NM – The Bridge
6/14 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre
6/17 – Columbia, MO – Rose Music Park
6/18 – Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI Annex
6/18 – Nelsonville, OH – Nelsonville Music Festival
6/19 – Lexington, KY – The Burl
7/16 – Winston-Salem, NC – The Ramkat
7/17 – Isle of Palms, SC – The Windjammer
7/18 – Asheville, NC – Hellbender at The Orange Peel
7/19 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
7/21 – Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall
7/23 – Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall
7/24 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
7/25 – Kingston, NY – Assembly
7/26 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music Theatre
9/30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
10/1 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
10/2 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theater
10/3 – Grass Valley, CA – The Center For The Arts
10/7 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/9 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
10/10 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom
10/11 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
10/13 – Moscow, ID – University of Idaho
10/14 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall
10/15 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
10/16 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room
10/17 – Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
10/20 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
10/21 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Civic Theatre
10/22 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
10/23 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
10/24 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed Indoors
11/5 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/6 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
11/7 – Boston, MA – Royale
11/8 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
11/11 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
11/12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café & Music Hall
11/14 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11/15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
11/17 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
11/18 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
11/19 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
11/20 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
11/21 – Austin, TX – Mohawk