Cloudspeakers

Since the mid-’80s, the Bats have been quietly releasing thoughtful and awfully catchy pop records. After Robert Scott, bass player for the Clean, thought that band had split for good, he started t... Read more

In the world of indie-pop cultists, those who worship at the altar of New Zealand rock are a breed apart. The most intensely fanatical of musical obsessives, they murmur meaningfully to themselves ... Read more

Whether they know Christchurch from Cleveland or were alive in 1987 when Daddy's Highway made small but far-reaching ripples, indie rock fans have been absorbing strains of the Bats' and fellow "... Read more

First off, kudos to The Bats for this cover art. Isn’t it great? It’s just 4 rooms, but it seems so subtle and serene. And it’s pretty fitting, really. The Bats has that very subtle quality about i... Read more

Over a decade ago, I had a conversation with a neighbor of Robert Scott, the Bats’ lead singer and main songwriter, in which they described how he paints. Scott sets up several canvases side by sid... Read more

The Bats began playing jangly, Velvets-inflected guitar-pop in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1982. Their line-up unchanged, the quiet quartet remain a little-known quantity at home, but once crept into t... Read more

The Bats are a 4-piece from New Zealand, they established themselves during that shimmering golden era in the 80s where a few different scenes sprouted and produced a bountiful harvest of excellent... Read more