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August 2010 Join our Twitter for Bats news and updates Bats are very pleased to announce their NZ SPRING September TOUR featuring Alan Starrett on electric viola (he composed and recorded the string arrangements on The Guilty Office). 10th - Cook:Dunedin with Death By Silo (features Chris Matthews, Headless Chickens, Children's Hour) & Pine 17th - San Fran Bath House: Wellington with Luc Arnault (Ladybird) 18th - Kings Arms: Auckland with Polaroid (features Dominic from 3ds/Snapper) Bats will play songs from their USA Slumberland Don't You Rise 7"EP release - also new material will be aired (eared!) for the first time. New T-shirts on the merch table too. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW THROUGH UnderTheRadar  discount on all presales Flying Nun - back under the control of founder, Roger Shepherd, are building up the Bats back catalogue! Couchmaster, Compiletely Bats and 1000's of Tiny Luminous Spheres now available. More to come soon. Robert Scott has a free download of "Daylight", a song from his soon to be released solo album "Ends Run Together" (on FN) . *STROKE CD goes Gold. Features fans and friends of Chris Knox from around the world playing amazingly great versions of his compositions from his days with ENEMY and Toy Love through to Tall Dwarfs & The Nothing plus brand new warbles from Chris himself recorded since his stroke. (here's The Bats version of Just Do It! on MySpace) * Bats played MIP summer outdoor gig (Music In Parks) in Auckland with Datsuns and Clap Clap Riot . 27 Feb 2010 - Nixon Park, Kingsland * Arch Hill celebrated it's 10th Birthday at Kings Arms on 28th Feb 2010- Bats and Minisnap played a few songs along with other label mates. * Bats played, 12th Nov 09. at The Bedford, Christchurch, NZ. BUZZCOCKS, The Veils and An Emerald City also on the bill!! Buzzcocks partied till dawn at Goodbye Blue Monday. * Bats played Afternoon In Bed and joined Scribe for the finale at 2009 Silver Scrolls Awards, Christchurch Town Hall. * Afternoon In Bed selected for upcoming Keira Knightly movie, "Last Night". * The Guilty Office is now released in Australia on Mistletone. Check their great site for reviews and interviews. Bats headed back to Oz in April. After sell out Melbourne and Sydney shows with previous tour, Brisbane and an extra Melbourne ANZAC Day festival appearance were also added to the tour. * Check USA label, Hidden Agenda's site for lots of links to reviews for Guilty Office. * 4 STAR REVIEW for The Guilty Office in June 09 edition of MOJO * Go look at PocketMusicNZ YouTube site. Includes links to live clips of the Bats UK/EU tour. BATS PLAYED DUNEDIN November 2009 7th, 8pm at Sammy's with David Kilgour and the Heavy 8's, The Puddle and Haunted Love. 8th, 3 to 6pm. Spent the Sunday Afternoon In Chicks, Port Chalmers. * here's where we went on our 2009 BATS UK/ Europe album release Tour - May/June 21st May - London - Windmill Brixton (sold out!!) presented by Stolen Recordings 22nd - London ICA as special guest of Crystal Stilts THEN Bats at a Twee As Fuck after ICA Party gig, The Victoria - Grove Rd near Mile End station 23rd - Nantes/France - The Spoutnik Bar 25th - Clermont-Ferrand - Le Rat Pack - and videoed Castle Lights for the Sex Room Sessions 27th - Madrid - La Pequeña Bety with Motel 3 28th - Barcelona - Primavera Sound festival 30th - Hamburg - Nachtasyl Theatre with Cats On Fire 1st June - Göterburg - Kning Disk CD Release Party Sonic Magazine in Scandanavia - plug for The Bats 2nd - Malmö - 21 years late @ the Pickwick Pub (overflowing) 4th - Berlin - Bang Bang Club with Early Days support 5th - Dusseldorf - Pretty Vacant 6th - Amsterdam - Winston Kingdom with Charlie Ash support. 7th - Rouen - The Emporium Galorium 8th - Paris - La Mécanique Ondulatoire with The Chiltons 9th - Frankfurt - Dreikönigskeller _____________________________________________ "The Guilty Office" - out on Arch Hill in NZ, YesBoyIcecream in UK and Europe and Kning Disk in Scandinavia also available NOW in USA through Hidden Adenda/Parasol (Click here for lots of links to reviews). Artrocker's Jonathan Falcone reviews the Guilty Office as "twee as fuck" and "this year's Alternative Pop album" 2009. TV3 John Campbell's chooses Guilty Office as one of his Top 5 CD's of 2008 see Best Albums Album of the Week in both Feb 2009 NZ Groove Guide AND NZ Sunday Star Times (see below) "The Bats' finest work" .. Under The Radar METRO February 2009 Gary Steel “ ... profound joy and sadness and the richness of everyday experience hide behind ordinary lives everywhere and The Bats capture that resonance better than ever on The Guilty Office. A recording of 12 unpretentious miniatures beautifully captured ...” The Orchard is, simply, one of the greatest pop songs Robert Scott has ever written. - Fire Escape Talking The Bats - The Guilty Office - By Brock Thiessen, Exclaim, Canada It's hard to go wrong with the Bats. For more than two decades, this New Zealand foursome have been a stunning model of consistency, with their albums serving as prime examples of that much-loved kiwi pop jangle. And The Guilty Office is no exception. ***** highlighted best in The Guilty Office's standout, put-on-repeat title track.  Check out recent interview with Robert Scott and Guilty Office CD review lumiere.net.nz/reader/item/1980 ______________________________________________ Bats at SXSW in Austin, Texas with Flight of The Conchords   Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie massage Peaches feet at SXSW. She gives the band a big "WOW!! Go The Bats!" .. yes! Flight of The Conchords interview Peaches at SXSW just before it's The Bats turn (The doco was great .. beautifully filmed, captured the feel of SxSW .. but unfortunately we didn't make it to the screen - editing room floor tagedy !!)Breaking News - We've scored the footage of The Bats interview - keep your eyes out on YouTube for installments. ______________________________________________ Bats music now shared for a very small price on iTunes Minisnap also for sale on iTunes Please don't pinch our music. It doesn't cost much. Support the musicians you like so they can afford to record and tour in the future.
Colin Hogg selects "Mastery"
as his pick on National Radio for Best Song Ever Written. Check out our MySpaces for songs, videos, fans, gigs etc For The Bats click here  For Minisnap click here For Pocket Music click here  Above pic taken in Austin, Texas with Gearwire Guy, Robert Scott, Kaye Woodward, Malcolm Grant, Paul Kean during The Bats video interview with Gearwire recorded at SXSW.
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