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Chris Bathgate
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Out of 15 votes - Similar Artists: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Damien Jurado
Out of 15 votes
- Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Genre: Country » Singer-Songwriter
Editor's review
In voice, tone, and dismissal of fidelity, Michigan's Bathgate recalls Will Oldham. But he's up to a different sort of songwriting. Bathgate sends his husky lyrics and dry guitar along a more earnest, post-Drake path. He knows he's a folk singer, and he's not ashamed to sing about moonlight.
Biography
One year after releasing his third full-length effort A Cork Tale Wake, the most widely praised album of his surprisingly short career (and the best selling record of any artist on Quite Scientific to date!), Chris Bathgate has returned with a brand new six song EP entitled Wait, Skeleton.
Recording for the Wait, Skeleton. was split between Evolution Helmet studios in Michigan and Jim Roll's Backseat Productions (where the entirety of A Cork Tale Wake was tracked). It will be available digitally on April 8th (Next week!), and in a limited edition hand-made hardcover book format on April 22nd as the second installment of the Quite Scientific Art-Book series. Only 250 total copies will be available for purchase of the hardcover format, which can be bought through the Quite Scientific webstore and a limited number of independent retailers.
On the recording are three brand new songs ("Casual Way", "Salt Year" & "Been Out All Night") which see Bathgate reaching deeper into his DIY bag for a more fuzzed-out batch of folk arrangements, heavy with reverb and the hushed vocals that have become a fixture in his music. The EP's title track, "Wait, Skeleton." originally appeared on his debut full-length, Silence is for Suckers, but has been re-recorded/re-worked for this release. Rounding out the release are an additional pair of new recordings for "Yes, I'm Cold" (which appeared on 2006's Throatsleep) and "Cold Press Rail" (which appeared on the UK version of A Cork Tale Wake).
Chris will also be embarking on his second European tour this week in support of the overseas release of A Cork Tale Wake through Tangled Up/One Little Indian (Bjork, Forget Cassettes, Talkdemonic) this past January. While across the Atlantic, he will be stopping by BBC Radio 2 to play a few songs and have a chat with Dermot O'Leary on his weekly show. The channel has also seen a flurry of praise for Chris through their most popular program, Radcliffe & Maconie, where A Cork Tale Wake was selected as a "Pick & Mix Album of the Week".
