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1959: 25: 133: 508:, via newly formed Los Angeles-based label Easy Sound. It was the band's first release in five years. The album featured the single "Humbug Mountain Song," which has garnered over fifty-nine million streams on Spotify. The accompanying comedic music video for that song featured Johnson as a modern-day frontiersman fighting a bear. The band's tours on the album featured performances at 398:. This album marked a sonic departure for the band, with a ragged, guitar heavy folk-rock sound. Johnson has described this album "a better use of my influences" and has also stated the album was a creative and stylistic watershed for him. The album was also something of a critical breakthrough for Fruit Bats, getting positive reviews from 1439:"Fruit Bats on Instagram: "Neal đź’” Played on so many of my songs and made them what they are. A singer songwriter of incredible beauty and depth, a brilliant photographer, a soul surfer, and one of the truly great storytellers. Here he is the very last time I saw him, playing the solo on "Mandy from Mohawk." Goodbye friend."" 391:
of the music. It seeps into you. I got to totally climb inside of those songs, it was a good influence on me because those are amazing songs… That showed me the inner workings of a successful band with songs that are super connective…I really grew up being in that band. It was a total education for me."
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In November 2013, Eric D. Johnson announced he would be dissolving Fruit Bats. That month they played what was to be their farewell show at a sold out Aladdin Theatre in Portland, OR. The following year Johnson released an album under the name EDJ, which he has subsequently described as "essentially
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was released. It charted on Billboard's Heatseeker and Independent album charts. It features several songs which have become streaming hits and fan favorites, including "The Bottom of It," "A Lingering Love," and "Cazadera." It was the last appearance on a Fruit Bats record by Neal Casal before his
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Johnson became a member of The Shins in late 2006 and toured with that band until 2010. He has described his time in that band as "a total game changer" and influential on Fruit Bats’ work creatively and professionally. Of his time with that band he said, "there is no way that you don’t get the DNA
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was released in 2022. The first disc featured a curated assortment of popular songs from through the years, and the second was filled with B-sides, unreleased singles, and some of the early four track recordings from the 1990s. The collection's title comes from a lyric in the 2019 song "Cazadera".
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was produced by Johnson's Bonny Light Horseman bandmate Josh Kaufman and recorded remotely in different cities in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The title of the album is a reference to an actual pet parade that Johnson used to attend as a child in
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as a multi-instrumentalist. He had also been making homemade cassettes since 1997 under the name Fruit Bats. He describes coming up with the band name as a joke of sorts, describing it as "this dumb fake punk rock name that I put on a four-track tape."
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Johnson had described the retirement of the Fruit Bats name as "a career-stalling move" and in 2015 announced on Instagram that he was reviving the band, declaring "I miss these old songs" via a handwritten letter. That same year
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Fruit Bats toured extensively in 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic derailed plans for 2020 and 2021 dates. They kicked off the year of touring reuniting with My Morning Jacket at that band's One Big Holiday festival in
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Heatseekers chart, the first Fruit Bats record to make that list. The album's single "You’re Too Weird" is often remembered for its very 1980s music video, in which Johnson plays a heavily styled version of himself.
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but not a good enough player to be in a jam band, and then indie rock came along and showed me that there were all kinds of possibilities, even if you couldn't shred." Johnson has spoken frequently of his love for
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single "The Balcony", which features a cast composed entirely of puppets, was co-directed by Johnson—his directorial debut—and his wife, Annie Beedy. The song was one of the most-played singles of 2021 on
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had invited Johnson's EDJ project to open several tour dates. Johnson instead asked if he could bring the reformed Fruit Bats instead. The tour was a major breakthrough for the band as a live act.
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The members of Califone ran a small record label called Perishable, and after hearing some of the Fruit Bats recordings, agreed to release a proper full-length album. The subsequent album,
342:’ closing track "When U Love Somebody," of which Johnson has said "I wrote it in the time it takes to sing it" has become a signature song for the band. It was featured in the film 1059: 2106: 1900: 901: 322:. It was through friendships Johnson had developed with members of Modest Mouse and The Shins that he was able to get an introduction with the label. Fruit Bats' Sub Pop debut, 1738: 1195: 1799: 729:, and once again with that band in July 2021 at their set at Westville Music Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. In October 2021 he played three shows at the 1755: 1374: 1316: 1037: 2128: 1085: 1969: 2158: 2163: 1130: 2153: 1877:"Joe Russo's Almost Dead (JRAD) Serves A Scorcher At LA's Greek Theatre With Help From Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats) (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)" 649:, Mexico. That year also saw Fruit Bats embark on their first proper tour of the United Kingdom since 2011, including an appearance at 334:, as well as playing some headlining dates. That album cycle also saw the band make their major festival debut at Washington state's 730: 1964: 1651: 681:
Johnson has often cited Top 40 radio of the 1970s and 1980s as influences. Other professed early songwriting influences include
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magazine said, "there won’t be many albums in 2019 with as many quotable, cut-to-the-marrow lines as this one has."
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radio, and that year Fruit Bats made their first network television appearance since 2009 performing it on
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in March 2001. They went on to tour frequently in 2001–2002, often as a support act for such bands as
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In 2009, after a three-year break while Johnson toured with The Shins, Fruit Bats released the album
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Eric D. Johnson was teaching guitar and banjo at Chicago's
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Sometimes a Cloud is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001–2021)
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Fruit Bats sound has changed over the years, ranging from lo-fi indie Americana on
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and released in the fall of 2001. Fruit Bats made their live debut at Chicago's
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Sometimes A Cloud Is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs
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In 2016, Fruit Bats released their sixth official full-length LP,
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Phil Lesh and Friends Live at The Capitol Theatre on 2021-10-19
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In 2005, Fruit Bats released their second album for Sub Pop,
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Fruit Bats signed to North Carolina-based independent label
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subsequent tours would see Fruit Bats make appearances at
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Fruit Bats were featured on the 2011 soundtrack for the
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Interview with Eric Johnson at Jambands.ca (March 2010)
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Fruit Bats’ double-disc, 20-year career retrospective
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