Fruit Bats Release New Track “That Goddamn Sun” Off Forthcoming Album “The Landfill”

EXTENSIVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR RUNNING
JUNE, JULY, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER

Fruit Bats’ expansive forthcoming full-band album, The Landfill will be arriving on June 12th via Merge Records. Today marks the release of the reflective new track “That Goddamn Sun”.

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (aka Fruit Bats) offers some insight on how “That Goddamn Sun” came together. “Sometimes words don’t suffice, and a chorus ends up with none of them,” he says. “This “ooooh” melody existed as a voice memo on my phone for a couple of years. It came to me in a large echo-y backstage tiled bathroom somewhere and then languished for a while. The rest of the song was developed during a writing session with my bandmates Kosta Galanopoulos and Josh Mease – we were playing and this old melody just slotted right in there. The lyrics are about something many have written about over the years – the ol’ ‘waiting for the sun to shine’ story.” Listen to “That Goddamn Sun” HERE.

The Landfill was inspired by Johnson’s Midwestern upbringing and those hills that did not rise from natural evolution, yet became a powerful metaphor. The Landfill imagines standing atop a towering pile of history—personal, emotional, and cultural—using that unlikely vantage point to survey what lies ahead. The result is an album concerned with memory, consequence, and possibility, where the debris of the past becomes the foundation from which new visions emerge.

The Landfill was created during a rare prolific period for Johnson following 2025’s intimate Fruit Bats solo outing, Baby Man. Soon after completing that album, he entered a fully collaborative environment in the studio with his longtime touring band. Together they prioritized instinct and chemistry over polish, with few overdubs, no click tracks, and performances captured largely in real time. The Landfill was produced by Johnson, with mixing and additional production by long-time collaborator Thom Monahan.

Fruit Bats will embark on an extensive North American tour in June that runs throughout July, October and November. See full list of dates below or visit FruitBatsMusic.com. 

Listen to “That Goddamn Sun” at your preferred DSP’s and
pre-order/pre-save The Landfill HERE.

Fruit Bats North American Tour Dates

Jun 11 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up

Jun 12 – Tucson, AZ – La Rosa

Jun 13 – Santa Fe, NM – The Bridge

Jun 14 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre

Jun 17 – Columbia, MO – Rose Music Park

Jun 18 – Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI Annex

Jun 19 – Lexington, KY – The Burl

Jun 20 – Nelsonville, OH – Nelsonville Music Festival

Jul 16 – Winston-Salem, NC – Ramkat

Jul 17 – Isle of Palms, SC – Windjammer

Jul 18 – Asheville, NC – Hellbender by The Orange Peel

Jul 19 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry

Jul 21 – Toronto, ON – Concert Hall

Jul 23 – Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall

Jul 24 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival

Jul 25 – Kingston, NY – Assembly

July 28 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music

Sep 30 – Los Angeles, CA – Bellwether

Oct 1 – Berkeley, CA – UC Theatre

Oct 2 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre

Oct 3 – Grass Valley, CA – Center For The Arts

Oct 7 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom

Oct 9 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo

Oct 10 – Victoria, BC – Capitol Ballroom

Oct 11 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore

Oct 13 – Moscow, ID – International Ballroom at University of Idaho

Oct 14 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall

Oct 15 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma

Oct 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Commonwealth

Oct 17 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom

Oct 20 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall

Oct 21 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Theatre

Oct 22 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line

Oct 23 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater

Oct 24 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed

Nov 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

Nov 6 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom

Nov 7 – Boston, MA – Royale

Nov 8 – Portland, ME – State Theatre

Nov 11 – New York, NY – Webster Hall

Nov 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird

Nov 14 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

Nov 15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

Nov 17 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse

Nov 18 – Nashville, TN – Basement East

Nov 19 – Birmingham, AL – The Saturn

Nov 20 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s

Nov 21 – Austin, TX – Mohawk

Visit FruitBatsMusic.com for updates