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this site updated - Wed 18 Jan 2012

Free All The Monster -new album

* #2 in Vicki Anderson top 50 for 2011
* #8 - 5th week in - Top 20 IMNZ Albums
* #34 - 1st week in - NZ Top 40 albums

Recording Free All The Monsters at Seacliff Asylum
Malcolm, Paul, Kaye and Bob




above left Kaye & Bob from live studio Simpletons Talk Talk video
Simpletons is scoring airplay on BBC6 & other UK Radio
and right - Bob from In The Subway video

Check out the Gamera VIDEO for Free All The Monsters and Spacejunk by John Morrison
Videos coming soon Simpletons by Paul McNeil and It's Not The Same by PCK

thebats.bandcamp.com where you can download Bats songs - check out for a free listen or donate a bit to the band for future recordings & touring.
- features North By North 4 songs EP, great live version of Free All The Monsters,
We've also added a Bats version of "Just Do It" (Tall Dwarfs song), Bats "Don't You Rise" 4 track EPand a summery single "Holiday" (originally recorded for Social Music 7" single - bonus when you subscribe to Social Music - get records from the The Clean, June Brides, Jeff Mangum etc...)
NEW Minisnap's full LP, "Bounce Around" includes critically acclaimed single, "New Broom" and a colab with John White - Bayo Fowvin / Bear Hunt

* " Free All The Monsters is chock full of outstanding guitar pop songs" Rave: Australia.
* "The Bats, Free All the Monsters: An utterly charming set of songs from these Flying Nun stalwarts." Stuff Simon Sweetman, NZ.
* "From radiant opener Long Halls onwards it's immediately obvious this is a classic album from the band" 10/10 NZHerald: Gavin Bertrum
* "The 12 songs ... could be described as timeless. It’s Not The Same, Long Halls and On The Bank feature beautiful melodies, shimmering harmonies and brilliantly-understated playing". Marty Duda: The 13th Floor
* "Woodward's voice has always been one of this band's best assets, and it gilds this album to a degree that surpasses even earlier hits like Mastery and Block of Wood. In a Word: Bliss" . Beat: Australia

Order album now through FLYING NUN (nz), Mistletone(au), Revolver/ Midheaven (usa), Forte (uk & eu) - Lots of other outlets online and most of the great specialty CD stores of the world.