Fruit Bats 2026

Fruit Bats|The Landfill|MRG887The midwest, particularly the part of the midwestEric D. Johnsonhails from, is a largely flat expanse. Zipping through it on the highway, you’ll see cities and towns rise up in the distance, but blink and you’ll miss other man-made rejoinders to horizontal living dotting the landscape, hill after hill, built from the refuse of the past: landfills. Some of these hills make for great sledding spots, parks, and trails. Others turn organic waste into compost.The Landfill,Fruit Bats’ June 12, 2026 album fromMerge Records, is something else entirely: a mountain dominating the landscape of Johnson’s heart.This being a F...