The Bats, have officially announced their 10th full-length album, Foothills and shared ‘Warwick’, the first single and video from the album. The album is due to land on November 13th, via Flying Nun Records.

The video for ‘Warwick’ was made during New Zealand’s lockdown by Auckland based Conor Bowden, who directed, filmed, edited and acted in the video.

Spanning the last 38 years, The Bats have recorded nine albums; each one seeing the band evolve with new material from the prolific songwriter Robert Scott.

Foothills was recorded in Spring 2018 at a country retreat pop-up studio. At that time, 15 songs were captured in the Canterbury foothills of the Southern Alps, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Only too well, The Bats know the possibilities, potentialities and sonic vistas that arise when one takes the recording process to such a beautiful place on home turf.

The Bats have survived with the same line-up for 38 years. No split ups, no reforming for nostalgia’s sake. No mean feat.

The four-piece has created twisted wistful folk, psychedelic rock, bouncy twee pop, and everything in between, but whatever the genre, their sound is always distinctively The Bats.

Pre order Foothills here.

Watch the video for ‘Warwick’ here: