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█▒ Artist - The Bats ▒█
█▒ Title - Foothills ▒█
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█▒ Genre - Indie Year - 2020 ▒█
█▒ Format - Album Time - 39:24 ▒█
█▒ Label - Flying Nun Records Source - Web Store ▒█
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▌░ 01. Trade In Silence 3:16 ░▐
▌░ 02. Warwick 2:40 ░▐
▌░ 03. Beneath The Visor 2:50 ░▐
▌░ 04. Scrolling 3:54 ░▐
▌░ 05. Another Door 3:15 ░▐
▌░ 06. Red Car 3:13 ░▐
▌░ 07. Field Of Vision 3:28 ░▐
▌░ 08. Change Is All 3:14 ░▐
▌░ 09. As You Were 3:17 ░▐
▌░ 10. Smaller Pieces 3:49 ░▐
▌░ 11. Gone To Ground 2:21 ░▐
▌░ 12. Electric Sea View 4:07 ░▐
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▌░ New Zealand act featuring Robert Scott of the Clean, with a ░▐
▌░ fresh take on garagey folk-rock that flirted with power pop. ░▐
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▌░ Spanning the last 38 years, The Bats have clocked nine ░▐
▌░ incredible albums; each one seeing the band evolve with new ░▐
▌░ material from the prolific songwriting hand of Robert Scott. ░▐
▌░ Add to that tally the extra singles, b-sides, EPs, ░▐
▌░ compilations and tribute songs theyÆve recorded, creating a ░▐
▌░ succinct setlist is a nearly impossible task. ░▐
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▌░ Their 10th full-length, Foothills, was recorded in Spring ░▐
▌░ 2018 at a country retreat pop-up studio. At that time, 15 ░▐
▌░ songs were captured and immortalised in the Canterbury ░▐
▌░ foothills of the Southern Alps, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Only ░▐
▌░ too well, The Bats know the possibilities, potentialities and ░▐
▌░ sonic vistas that arise when one takes the reins for the ░▐
▌░ recording process in a beautiful place thatÆs on home turf. ░▐
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▌░ Robert Scott, on the making of Foothills has said ôTime ░▐
▌░ marches on... finally, we found a gap in our busy lives and ░▐
▌░ chose a week to convene. We found a house that is usually ░▐
▌░ inhabited by ski field workers ù Kowai Bush, near Springfield ░▐
▌░ about an hour west of Christchurch and of course nestled in ░▐
▌░ the foothills of the mighty Southern Alps. The songs had been ░▐
▌░ written, demoÆd and arranged for some time, but still with a ░▐
▌░ little room for trying things out in the studio. Many ░▐
▌░ carloads arrived at the house, full of amps guitars and ░▐
▌░ recording gear, we set up camp and soon made it feel like ░▐
▌░ home; coloured lights, a log fire, and home cooked meals in ░▐
▌░ the kitchen. We worked fast, and within a few days had all ░▐
▌░ the basic backing tracks done, live together in one room, the ░▐
▌░ way we like to do it - itÆs all about æthe feelÆ for songs ░▐
▌░ like ours.ö ░▐
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▌░ The Bats must hold a record in New Zealand (perhaps the whole ░▐
▌░ world, once The Rolling Stones throw in the towel) as a band ░▐
▌░ that has survived with the same line-up for 38 years. No ░▐
▌░ split ups, no reforming for nostalgiaÆs sake. ░▐
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▌░ So far, half the band have spots in The New Zealand Music ░▐
▌░ Hall Of Fame, vocalist/ guitarist Robert Scott (The Clean) ░▐
▌░ and bassist/producer Paul Kean (Toy Love), and itÆs only a ░▐
▌░ matter of time before lead guitarist Kaye Woodward and ░▐
▌░ drummer Malcolm Grant find themselves in there too. The ░▐
▌░ four-piece has created twisted wistful folk, psychedelic ░▐
▌░ rock, bouncy twee pop, and everything in between, but ░▐
▌░ whatever the genre, their sound is always distinctively, ░▐
▌░ unmistakably The Bats. ░▐
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https://thebats.bandcamp.com/album/foothills