Fruit Bats – Tripper (Colored Vinyl, White, Deluxe Edition, Reissue) (Bonus 7" Single) 2LP 140g Gatefold w/ DL 3 Operation : Greenbacks 4

3 Operation : Greenbacks 4 The Mic 5 The Mystery of Doom 6 Dead Bent 7 Gas Drawls 8

Following a series of trend-setting releases on the independent Sub Pop and SST labels

Ian Underwood (clarinet

12 tracks including the single 'D

Fruit Bats – Tripper (Colored Vinyl, White, Deluxe Edition, Reissue) (Bonus 7" Single) 2LP 140g Gatefold w/ DL 3 Operation : Greenbacks 4Tripper, the Fruit Bats 2011 follow up to The Ruminant Band, is more pared down, with bandleader Eric Johnson doing most of the legwork himself. Synthesizers and keyboard loops replace the knotted guitars. Atmospheric washes of sound replace the sunny, straightforward hooks. On songs like The Fen, instruments replace vocals entirely, sounding more like a clip from an orchestral movie soundtrack than the work of a rock band. The majority of the work