The Bats Announce 'The Deep Set' Album Release Tour

To celebrate the release of their ninth studio album The Deep Set, long-standing indie pop outfit The Bats have announced a four-date New Zealand tour. Released in January via Flying Nun Records, the 12-song album is the first full-length offering since 2011's Free All The Monsters, and was recorded at The Sitting Room studios in Lyttelton with Ben Edwards, who has also worked with the likes of Marlon Williams, Nadia Reid and Aldous Harding.

The album release tour will see the four-piece joined by Mikey Summerfield and Allen Starrett on viola and John Chrisstoffels on cello, and will kick off with a hometown show later this month. Then in May the band will head northward for the remaining dates - after which they will continue on to tour Europe and the UK. Here are the details...

UnderTheRadar Proudly Presents...

The Bats - The Deep Set Album Release Tour

Saturday 25th March, Nga Maara Hall, Dunedin
Thursday 18th May, Meow, Wellington
Friday 19th May, Nivara Lounge, Hamilton
Saturday 20th May, Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland
Sunday 28th May, The Gym, Christchurch (new date!)

Tickets available HERE at UTR and in-store at Flying Out (AKL), Slow Boat and RPM (WTN) and Relics Music (DUN)

Stream The Deep Set in full below...