{"product_id":"the-bats-foothills-cd","title":"The Bats - Foothills (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Bats have officially announced their 10th full-length album, Foothills.\r\n\r\nSpanning 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 they've recorded, creating a succinct setlist is a nearly impossible task.\r\n\r\nFoothills 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 that's on home turf.\r\n\r\nRobert Scott, on the making of Foothills has said \"Time 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 - 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, demo'd 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 - it's all about 'the feel' for songs like ours.\"\r\n\r\nThe 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 nostalgia's sake.\r\n\r\nSo 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 it's 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.\r\n\r\nFoothills is out on vinyl LP and CD via Flying Nun Records, on November 13th, 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrade In Silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Warwick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Beneath The Visor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Scrolling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Another Door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Red Car\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Field Of Vision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Change Is All\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e As You Were\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Smaller Pieces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gone To Ground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Electric Sea View\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50522284720402,"sku":"754083958580","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bats-foothills-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}