with Ortolan, Ben + Vesper
Fruit Bats are playing Club Downunder on Monday, March 15th! These feel-good folk rockers have released three albums since their 2001 debut, Echolocation, including 2009′s well-received The Ruminant Band. Leader Eric D. Johnson’s lilting melodies, breezy atmospheres, and mostly acoustic instrumentation recall 70s AM warmth.
Supporting Fruit Bats is Danielson, a rotating ensemble of players led by charismatic frontman Daniel Smith. What began as a senior thesis project at Rutgers has steadily evolved into a beloved, prolific, and uncompromisingly unique recording outlet. For 2006′s excellent Ships, Smith wrangled in over twenty collaborators, including members of Why?, Deerhoof, and Sufjan Stevens.
Ortolan and Ben+Vesper, more of Danielson’s many cohorts, will be touring in support of the aforementioned groups.
