Fruit Bats "Gold Past Life" 2024-11-15 Another solid slice of dark

Another solid slice of dark

Having commemorated their tenth anniversary with a year-plus run commencing with in Your Honor (a double album the New York Times called an "unexpected magnum opus")

with the titular Scott Pilgrim disappearing in the first episode

But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music

He also worked closely with new band mates Oumi Kapila (guitar

Fruit Bats "Gold Past Life" 2024-11-15 Another solid slice of darkGold Past Life marks both an end and a beginning for Fruit Bats. It's the end of an unintentional thematic trilogy of records that began with 2014's EDJ (a solo record by name, but a Fruit Bats release in spirit) and hit an emotional peak with 2016's Absolute Loser. They encompassed years of loss, displacement, and the persistent, low level anxiety of the current political climate. They were written in the wake of friends who left these earthly