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Press
“This young band hold their own alongside many of their international contemporaries.”
The Brag
“A controlled riot”
Rolling Stone
”Melodic primal screams to tear your heart apart”
I.D. (UK)
“To sit still at a Bit By Bats show or while listening to this cd is not only sacriledge but virtually impossible”
Rip It Up
“bug-eyed with intensity”
Sydney Morning Herald
“one of the most interesting Australian acts currently lighting up stages.”
TimeOff
“A dreamy and hypnotic post punk sound… 8/10”
Blunt
“Classy, gritty stuff"
Inpress
- Various
Forget the portly, in-it-for-the-money Pixies reunion. Don't bother with the new Stooges album.
Instead, get thee to a store for the Bit By Bats album, where the Melbourians give us energised post-punk rythms mixed with real melodies, lashings of choppy and sometimes vicious guitars mixed with danceable basslines and all the pushiness of a full room of clubbers high on caffeine drinks.
It's possibly the best Cure album in two decades. Its definately among this year's most exciting moments. - Sydney Morning Herald
“A LITTLE BIT SCARY, A LITTLE BIT SEXY, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE EXCITING, BIT BY BATS … A NAME I’LL BE FOLLOWING INTENTLY FROM HERE ON – AND THAT’S A BAND NAME.” – JAMES JAM (NME) - NME
Boasting shaggy haircuts, skinny punk jeans and black band T-shirts, Bit By Bats looked more like a punk-metal act, but then they smacked the audience upside the head with a melodic wall of sound. But there's nothing fey or charming about this band. They mean business. How three guys manage to produce so much sound is still a mystery to me. And props to lead singer Owen Eszeki's shoes: red, pointy, patent leather, and custom-made by the guy who makes shoes for Nick Cave. It's a brave choice, but I applaud it.
Bit By Bats are signed to the same Australian label that puts out Broken Social Scene, Amy Millan and Jason Collett in their homeland. This was their first show in Canada. They were jet-lagged to hell, but stepped up to play a great show. There's a dark edge to their indie rock melodies that sets them just a bit apart from the rest of the pack.
Shannon Whibbs (Chartattack: April 2007) - Chart Attack
Discography
GO GO GO! - Debut Album Mar 2007 (Australia & New Zealand)
Sonic Bids "Listen Up Series" Dec 2006
Let's Go Romeo EP - 2005 (Australia & New Zealand)
Sir! Beat Sir tour EP - 2004 (Australia & New Zealand)
Self-titled EP - 2004 (Australia & New Zealand)
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They stand apart from the crowd with their more organic approach and a energised live set of garage rock. They could have drowned in a sea of hype and haircuts, and disappeared up their own orifices, but the DIY ethic of their roots held their suspicions of fleeting and fickle nature of quick popularity. They have achieved great things on their own terms, at their own pace, and have developed a set of dazzlingly brilliant songs.
Over the past 24 months Bit By Bats have been busy touring Australia with the likes of Youth Group, Cut Copy, The Grates and they've played a stack of international supports, including: Bloc Party, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Les Savy Fav, Von Bondies, Peaches, Kaiser Chiefs and the legendary Wire. Early 2006 saw the band play highly acclaimed sets at Australia's biggest festival the Big Day Out. They then undertook two national tours and entered the studio to cut their debut album with producer Dean Dirt.
Bit By Bats have previously self-released three EPs, and they have just released 'Go Go Go!' - their debut album - through Shiny Records to Australia and New Zealand. They have flung themselves into the romantic life of international touring in 2007 with a showcase at Canadian Music Week (March 07) and the UK (March 07).
Now, Bit By Bats are on the prowl for an International indie label for distribution in North America and Europe.
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"A little bit scary, a little bit sexy, and more than a little exciting, Bit By Bats are a name I'll be following intently from here on and that's a band name!"
James Jam's Pick of The Week, NME Breaking Bands
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PERFORMED WITH:
Bloc Party
Kaiser Chiefs
Peaches
Pink Grease
Wire (national tour)
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Les Savy Fav
Youth Group (national tour)
The Grates (national tour)
Cut Copy (national tour)
Howling Bells (national tour)
Nikola Sarcevic of Millencolin (national tour Feb 2007)
COMING UP in 2007:
June/July National Australian Tour
For more information email Raelene Gill at Cartel Music on cartelmusic@optusnet.com.au
ph +61 412873828
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