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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Eric D. Johnson's Fruit Bats was produced and mixed by Thom Monahan.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Record CollectorOct 3, 2025Deeply thoughtful, it's a raw, heartfelt work, articulated by Johnson's superb voice. [Nov 2025, p.103]
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UncutSep 24, 2025Baby Man is an impressive display of unfettered emotionality, but you may miss Johnson's usual luminous band arrangements and bass-driven grooves. [Oct 2025, p.27]
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Sep 24, 2025This is not an album meant to prove any sense of prowess; it is a quiet collection of songs from an artist looking to understand himself better.
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Sep 24, 2025At times, when the mood hits just right, it will feel like the perfect record. For the most part, Baby Man will be relegated to outlier status in Fruit Bats’ catalog, an LP to dust off for nothing less than the perfect occasion.
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MojoSep 24, 2025There's some really good songs here - Creature From The Wild is classic Fruit Bats, Moon's Too Bright is a beauty, and so is his moving cover of the Incredibke String Band song First Girl I loved - but the overall feeling is of an abandoned demo album [Nov 2025, p.93]