FRUIT BATS

'Spelled in Bones'

One could speculate that the departure of Gillian Lisee from Chicago's Fruit Bats, would bring about a disappointing departure in sound from their fantastic 2003 release 'Mouthfuls'. Luckily, band founder/chief indian Eric Johnson has once-again assembled a capable group of musicians and an album full of some of the sweetest pop-folk-rock i've heard in a while. An optimistic recording both musically and lyrically, 'Spelled in Bones' is at least on par w/ the previous effort (again, a tough act to follow) and it's release (July 26th) syncopates perfectly as it helps you cope w/ the inevitable turn from Summer to Fall.

Check out some tracks from the aforementioned 'Mouthfuls' on their Sub Pop page HERE and then buy it to tide you over.