Fruit Bats have announced new album A River Running to Your Heart, which will be out April 14 via Merge. “Over the years there’s been a lot of geography in my music, a lot of landscapes,” says Fruit ...

Eric D Johnson briefly abandoned the Fruit Bats moniker and released an album as EDJ in 2014, but then he returned to Fruit Bats with 2016’s Absolute Loser and now he’s back with more Fruit Bats music ...

While spectacular flame-outs might grab headlines, in reality, most musicians call it a day due to a far more mundane culprit: the grind. As the joke goes, it’s not creative differences that end ...

Hello to all you out there… It feels like it’s been years and we’ve all been whispering to anyone who will hear. Here we are, once again here, weird in our own ways. In this instant lyrical ...

Initiated by the suggestion of Merge’s co-found Mac McCaughn, TORRES (aka Mackenzie Scott) and Fruit Bats (aka Eric D. Johnson) have announced a new collaborative EP, A Decoration, and shared its ...

"Could I be your North Star?" asks Eric D. Johnson on the first chorus of the first single from Fruit Bats' new album, A River Running to Your Heart – an album that continues the move away from the lo ...

The Portland-based indie-rock band Fruit Bats certainly deserves your attention, even if the name doesn’t always ring a bell. Even the HiFi doorman cordially greeted me: “’Sup, man? You here to see ...

Australian singer/songwriter Nick Murphy has returned to his stage name, Chet Faker, which he dropped in 2016. The resurrection of his previous identity is accompanied by the stirring single “Low.” ...

The last time the Fruit Bats came to Santa Barbara was in 2019. A lot has changed, but their tight musicianship, captivating songs, and charismatic performance haven’t wavered. I’d argue the Fruit ...

Frontman Eric Johnson never intended for the Fruit Bats to be a solo project. "But because I was the one who put it together and had the most enthusiasm for it, it just ended up being me," he says ...