New LP For Batrider
News posted Tuesday, June 2 2009 at 03:00 AM.
Related: Batrider.
With apologies to Rusty Crowe and Crowded House, our favourite New Zealand expats Batrider will release a new LP later this month. The follow-up to their Australian debut Tara, Why We Can’t Be Together will be released on Low Transit Industries on June 27.
After relocating to Melbourne, Batrider soon found themselves in Adelaide, where they added Stephanie Crase, formerly of Birth Glow and No Through Road, on guitar. Now based in London, the four-piece will spend the remainder of 2009 on the road, touring Europe and the US.
As for how the new album sounds? The band are reportedly “not exactly how you remember”.
Tracklisting:
Womble
Homie Gnomie
Toilet Song
Ha Ha
Psycho
Can’t Keep Up
Why Can’t We Be Together
Step N Slide
Tiadn
Bluesy
Let Me In To Down Below
I’ve Loved You Forever
Not Afraid
Lighten Up
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curious and curiouser.
Bloody Batrider!
Steph!
I'm curious too.
cool. I can't wait for them to come back here so I can tickle Sam's tummy.
excellent!
Show me them?
Who cares!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is toby in any new bands?
this thread reads like youtube comments
So it's only two orignial members now? Bit sad. Still I'll check them out, Tara is such a good album.
1 orignal memeber.
Sam was their manager at 1st.
So wait, Sam, their manager is now in the band? So it's just the singer?
Yep,
Orignal line up:
Sarah - Vocals / Guitar
Julia - Guitar (Now it The Twerps)
Toby - Bass / Vocals
Tara - Drums
Sam - Manager (Now in the band on Bass)
the album was recorded with Sarah, Julia, Sam and Tara
Wait - they've relocated to the UK?
steph joined after julia left, and moved to the UK, then when tara left she moved to drums. she's a multi talented woman
Now It The Twerps,
menas shes IN the Twerps, It
menas means meansaing
im tellin ya. ive heard this and its darn good.
aloha said 16 hours ago:
is toby in any new bands?
I don't think so, last I heard he was perhaps in Italy or Spain or somewhere completely different doing design work.
Interviewing them tomorrow.... Anything I should know/ask?
Ask them about Scar, how awesome a house guest I was. Touring with friends who aren't in the band and suicide girls.
Suicide girls?
They had a suicide girl housemate with a rat. I fed it Jagermeister one night and it walked around for a while looking a bit fucked. She was a fucking nightmare.
Touring with friends who aren't in the band?
I'm not in batrider. Ask them.
Should I call you King_Rat?
Hmm, I have a feeling they would know who it was. Or Marcus.
Go with King Rat though, we'll see how quickly they cotton on. Seconds. Seconds.
I know they like to drink at Amy Winehouse's local. Toured a bit lately. Oh and ask if Sarah is still playing her mid nineties cassette's on tour....everclear.
...
Oh and you might be able to clear this one up for us. We shared a cabin with them at Camp a low hum last year and after they left/we drove them out we found a used condom on the floor. We never figured that one out. Just assumed.
Ha!
I reckon they're going to freak out if I ask them all this.
''WHO ARE YOU AND HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR PERSONAL LIVES?!''
Ah it'll all come back in my direction anyway. They'll enjoy it. Campaign for a birth glow comeback.
Thanks for your help!
they're playing in LA with birth glow in oct or nov? true story
oh suck my tits.
That's good news though.
Their US tour starts in 27 days. I only know this because I was watching a too and fro facebook thing.
Then they're coming this way. Looking forward to it.