NPR Interviews Fruit Bats

Talking To Elyssa Nadwari of NPR about the title of his new album, Fruit Bats’ Eric D Johnson said, “When I was a kid, I lived in this apartment complex when I was, like, 10. And it was a fairly featureless view out my window, but there was a landfill, which I always found to be very epic. It was just a very Midwestern thing. You just, like, don’t see hills.” That’s part of an interesting interview with the artist, who released The Landfill via Merge Records earlier this month. Listen here.

See Fruit Bats on tour:

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
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