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Chris Bathgate
One of the
leaders of the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti folk scene, Chris
writes seminal folk songs that are at once new and old,
rock and sometimes not roll, but all seem to reel you in
with the intensity of voice, lyricism, and depth.
For those in and around the Ann Arbor vicinity it's
difficult to speak about Chris without spiraling towards
hyperbole. Now, as the remainder of the globe gets ready
for their first glimpse at the talent who has risen to the
top among the ever fruitful Michigan music scene, perhaps
it's better that we stick with the facts surrounding Chris
Bathgate.
Having drawn comparisons to Jeff Tweedy, Will Oldham, etc.,
Chris has risen from the ranks of everyday
singer/songwriter to a national touring favorite, spending
the early part of 2007 on the road with Saturday Looks Good
to Me and making his first trip to the SXSW Music Festival.
After releasing and selling out of two separate records on
his own in 2006, he was recently named the Best Solo Artist
in Michigan by Real Detroit Weekly and was approached by
YerBird records to provide a track on their upcoming
compilation featuring additions from the likes of Hayden,
O'Death & Paleo.
Never wanting to rest on his laurels, 2007 saw Chris
Bathgate team up with Quite Scientific Records to release
his third full length,
A Cork Tale Wake, and spend the
remainder of '07 touring nationally for the first time. In
the begining of 2008 Chris kept it coming by releasing the
limited edition EP
Wait, Skeleton., and embarking
on a two week UK tour, to support the european release
of
A Cork Tale Wake by
One Little Indian/Tangled Up!.
We couldn't be more excited to be a part of exposing Chris
to the rest of the world. In an age of too much hype
surrounding too little substance, it feels good to have an
abundance of ability behind such anticipated releases.
QUOTES
"If Bathgate has mastered one thing in his
young and enormously promising career, it's the art of
distilling alienation into bruised-sounding beauty."
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NPR (Song of the Day)
"You'd be misguided to pass up a performance or
purchase."
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Billboard
"Very impressive... an album that finds hard
won triumph in the darkest of circumstances"
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CLASH
"In the saturated parade of indie
singer-songwriters, Michigan native Chris Bathgate carries
enough bleak, brooding identity to gain attention beyond
the Sufjan Stevens crowd."
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The Onion AV Club
"It's the unexpected ways he fleshes out the
heartache in his voice that makes this album such a
melancholy treasure"
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HARP Magazine
"Best Solo Artist: Make no bones about it,
Chris Bathgate writes extremely smart and beautiful indie
folk pop.
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Real Detroit Weekly
"A Cork Tale Wake is full of gems... This is an
album, and talent, worthy of your most careful attention."
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Popmatters
"Chris Bathgate is one of the stars of yet
another Ann Arbor folk generation."
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Metro Times