Fruit Bats' sixth album represents a triumphant return to name and form. Fruit Bats' rebirth parallels Johnsons' resiliency and the album is his treaty on how to redefine oneself after tragedy.
"The Pet Parade," the title track to Fruit Bats' ninth album, might be a surprising opening track for longtime fans of Eric D. Johnson's beloved indie folk-rock project. The six-and-a-half-minute tone poem smolders and drones over just two chords, inspired by the strange and sill...