A live version of ‘ Born In The 70’s’ is nostalgia blues for Generation X, reflecting on times past. ‘ The Ruminant Band’ LP is represented by the shuffling ‘ Flamingo’ which assures us “ everything’s gonna be just fine”. ‘ Humbug Mountain’ commences with a wonderful banjo pickathon, maybe this is what Supertramp would have sounded like if they’d ever played bluegrass. This is followed by two songs from 2019’s ‘ Gold Past Life’ including ‘ Cazadera’ from which this anthology gets its title. On disc one, the newest songs are presented first, with the previously unreleased ‘ Rips Me Up’ opening the collection. The second disc comprises tracks mined from a cache of unreleased and demo versions of songs stored on various hard drives. ![]() A compilation of two halves, the first disc brings together the best of Fruit Bats’ official releases, described by Johnson as “ the collection that you buy for your friend that’s Fruit Bats curious”. A thoughtful 23 song collection comprising favourites and unreleased raritiesįruit Bats have been the vehicle to showcase the skills of Eric Donald Johnson for two decades, give or take the odd séjour performing as SDJ, writing film soundtracks or playing with The Shins and The Bonny Light Horseman.
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