Friday, November 25, 2011

the bats - free all the monsters

The jangle pop of NEW ZEALAND's indie rock scene has a subtle yet very strong influence on the underground rock scene here in the states....

many music fans may not know THE CLEAN, TALL DWARFS, THE VERLAINES, THE CHILLS or THE BATS....but all yr favorite bands probably do.......and everyone from the ELEPHANT SIX bands to JAY REATARD owe a bit to the kiwi pop sound........and the label that brought those bands to the world's attention, FLYING NUN......

so i was real excited to learn the bats were returning with another album on flying nun this year, entitled FREE ALL THE MONSTERS...... more jangle post-velvet underground dreamy indie rock to hum along with.......the bats' woozy slightly psychedelic melodies are second to none....  this is what pop music ought to sound like.....
 
fans of elf power, robyn hitchcock, brian jonestown massacre or pavement will dig the bats.......the new lp sounds timeless in the sense it could've been recorded in the mid 80s when they started out or last night....... at any rate, i really don't want to stop listening to this album.......

and you can keep the new lp on repeat too, 
just click here to preview FREE ALL THE MONSTERS......

watch below....

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