When I Rowboat disbanded, Johnson continued to widen his network by playing guitar and banjo with Califone. He also began dabbling in folk music with two of the band's members, guitarist Dan Strack and drummer Brian Belval, thus forming the earliest incarnation of the Fruit Bats. Johnson (not to be confused with the Eric Johnson from Archers of Loaf or the guitar virtuoso of the same name) began writing songs on his four-track in the mid-'90s before forming I Rowboat, a Velvet Underground-inspired indie rock band. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Echolocation, eighth album The Pet Parade saw release in 2021. Released in 2019, Gold Past Life marked Fruit Bats' debut for Merge. A solo release under the initials EDJ appeared in 2014 before Johnson returned to Fruit Bats in 2016 with Absolute Loser. Their debut, Echolocation, arrived in 2001, leading to a string of albums for Sub Pop including 2005's Spelled in Bones and 2011's Tripper, the latter of which reached the Top 15 of Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The project existed in a steady but mercurial state throughout the 2000s and 2010s as Johnson divided his time between scoring movies, playing with other bands, and working on Fruit Bats albums. Constant are Johnson's warm vocals and melodic sensibility, both of which often seem to split the difference between Lennon and McCartney (stated influences include the Byrds, the Kinks, and Supertramp). Johnson into a touring band with an ever-shifting lineup. Formed in the late 1990s, indie folk-rock act Fruit Bats grew from the four-trac… Read Full Bio ↴ Formed in the late 1990s, indie folk-rock act Fruit Bats grew from the four-track recording project of songwriter Eric D.
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