Pocket Music Merch Table
we will answer
queries at Merch@thebats.co.nz
Postcards with frames from Christian Carruthers Flowers and Trees animated video
plus
alternative Minisnap CD
artwork
will
be
added
soon
Minisnap's Bounce Around album will also be here very soon - Meanwhile you can
buy
it
digitally
or physically from AMPLIFIER.CO.NZ SmokeCDS.com and
iTunes NZ & Australia (soon ALSO from Stolen Recordings UK/ Europe.
Bats
T-shirts all 100% cotton - Still have most sizes available
in Black and all women's T's but only small and medium in Mens Blue T's
with Orange lettering.
New design with
Bob's
artwork
coming
late
March.
Outside New Zealand - NZ$35 which includes post and packing.
within
New Zealand sales
NZ$30 includes post and packing
Raw Eggs CDR "Raw
Eggs" was
on sale at gigs on the last USA tour. It features unreleased tracks from Nightshift
Studio
in 1998 along with
raw live tracks and rough mixes
from The National Grid session. The tour CD had original cover art from Bob.
We
sold
out
well
before the end of the tour so due to demand we're making a few more available.
The
Bats At The National Grid CD
Review by Tim Sendra- All Music Guide
The Bats' first album in ten years starts off perfectly with the low-key "Western
Isles," with Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward singing delicate harmonies
while the guitars gently hum behind them. It is a lovely welcome back,
and not only do they pick up where they left off, At the National Grid
may be their best album since Daddy's Highway. If you know your New Zealand
pop or college rock history, that's really saying something. That record
was a masterpiece of understated emotion that sounded completely unique
and true. This record is lighter in tone, more cleanly recorded, and almost
as powerful. The songs are perhaps the most diverse-sounding batch they
have released yet, ranging from the slow-burning "Pre War Blues" and
the noisy instrumental "Hubert" to the sweet-as-pie "Bells," the
clattering indie rocker "Things," and the bouncy "Flowers & Trees." Of
course, they all sound like the Bats, with Scott's fragile but forceful
vocals, the jangling, intertwining guitars from Scott and Woodward, Paul
Kean's melodic and up-front bass, Malcolm Grant's simple but rock-solid
drumming, and -- above all -- poignant and lively songwriting. In fact,
Robert Scott is at the top of his considerable talents here, crafting tunes
that linger long after the record is over. Maybe that is one of the benefits
of taking ten years off. Woodward's one song, the surging drone rocker "Mir," is
a gem, too, and her vocal harmonies are as sparkling as ever. In fact,
the whole band is as sparkling as ever, and having the group back at such
a high level is as refreshing as a plunge into an ice-cold mountain stream.
Indeed, after 23 years with the same lineup and after having taken ten
years off, you would expect a band to come back and rest on its laurels
(see Pixies, Dinosaur Jr.), playing the old hits to the faithful. Not the
Bats. Thank Christchurch for that!
Minisnap
T-shirts - all 100% cotton.
Limited
stock. Please email Merch@thebats.co.nz to request your Minisnap T-shirt colour
choice from picture (kahki
(sorry - no grey) mens/Unisex, others are womens) along with your size
before logging your PayPal purchase and we'll reserve it for you if it's in stock.
In
My Pocket 4 track
CDR plus hidden track - minisnapCDEP001
March
Hare 5
track CDR - minisnapCDEP003