Today, The Bats enjoy sudden profile spikes via a global circuit of scholarly rock festivals curated by bigger names, who fashioned themselves partly in the New Zealand veterans’ image.
The quartet’s eight album in thirty years and the band still sounds like a downbeat Byrds running on rusted Velvet Underground rhythms, but In The Subway is as driven and dense as the best of their back catalogue.
Front-man Robert Scott was wistful at twenty-one but balding, bearded, and beautifully bloomed, these older and wiser Bats wield their melancholy melodies as warmly as their more frantic former selves.
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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John Robins, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Bosco239, youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Idrie, Youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Stuart, Chortle
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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World Without End, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Brighton Argus
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk