Eric D. Johnson’s Fruit Bats will release a new album, A River Running to Your Heart, on April 14 via Merge Records (PRE-ORDER). A new track “Rushin’ River Valley is available now, along with the previously released single “Waking Up in Los Angeles”. Check em both out below.
“Over the years there’s been a lot of geography in my music, a lot of landscapes,” Johnson says. “Sometimes the places are real, sometimes they’re emotional. I’ve always liked the idea of songs and albums that exist in a continuum with one another. I’m not talking about some kind of deep series of concept albums, mind you. More like the idea that my songs are all pretty much tributaries of the same river. Which makes a lot of metaphorical sense because my path has been long and winding and often slow and muddy. But always moving towards the sea.
“I guess you could say this album is the one where I took all that emotional geography and kind of mapped it out.”
A River Running to Your Heart is Fruit Bats’ first full-length album since The Pet Parade in 2021 and follows Johnson’s involvement in indie folk trio Bonny Light Horseman’s critically acclaimed 2022 album, Rolling Golden Holy.
In support of A River Running to Your Heart, Fruit Bats will tour in the spring, beginning on April 12 in Indianapolis, IN and ending on May 27 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Tickets are available now.
| Fruit Bats Spring 2023 Tour: 4/12 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi 4/13 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall 4/14 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue 4/15 – Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow 4/16 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre 4/18 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Phoenix Theatre 4/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl 4/20 – New York, NY – Webster Hall 4/21 – Boston, MA – Royale 4/22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club 4/25 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle 4/27 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl 4/28 – Scaly Mountain, NC – Bear Shadow + 4/29 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse 4/30 – Jacksonville, FL – Intuition Ale Works 5/10 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern 5/11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel 5/12 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel 5/13 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel 5/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel 5/17 – Austin, TX – Mohawk 5/19 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre 5/20 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room 5/21 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm 5/24 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall 5/25 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall 5/26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market 5/27 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Commodore Ballroom + w/ Spoon |
