Ears Like Golden Bats Explained

Ears Like Golden Bats
Type:	Album
Artist:	My Teenage Stride
Cover:	Earslikegoldenbats.jpg
Released:	February 20, 2007
Genre:	Indie pop
Length:	37:08
Label:	Becalmed Records
Producer:	Jedediah Smith
Prev Title:	Major Major
Prev Year:	2005

Ears Like Golden Bats is the third album by My Teenage Stride. Lawrence Lui of CokemachineGlow.com gave it a 69% rating, stating "taking C86 pastoralism and refracting it through the prism of ‘90s lo-fi Amer-indie, Ears Like Golden Bats projects a treble-happy modesty that can be at once charming and cloying".^[1] Jennifer Kelly of PopMatters described it as "wonderful stuff".^[2] Alistair Fitchett, in Tangents, described it as "one of the finer albums of the year".^[3] Magnet featured it in its top 20 albums of 2008 list, and it has appeared on many top 10, 20, and 100 album and song lists in the blogosphere.

Track listing

All songs written by Jedediah Smith.

1. "Reception" – 2:11
2. "That Should Stand for Something" – 2:20
3. "To Live and Die in the Airport Lounge" – 3:43
4. "Actors' Colony" – 1:35
5. "Ears Like Golden Bats" – 2:20
6. "The Genie of New Jersey" – 2:47
7. "Terror Bends" – 2:40
8. "Reversal" – 2:48
9. "Chock's Rally" – 2:24
10. "Heartless & Cruel" – 2:17
11. "Ruin" – 2:53
12. "We'll Meet at Emily's" – 2:59
13. "Depression Kicks" – 3:23
14. "Boys Will Tell" – 3:31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Review of Ears Like Golden Bats . 30 September 2007 . Lawrence Lui . cokemachineglow.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080102234652/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/myteenagestride_earslikegoldenbats2007.html . 2 January 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: Review of Ears Like Golden Bats . 30 September 2007. Jennifer Kelly . PopMatters .
3. Web site: Pure Joy Wins Out Again . 30 September 2007. Alistair Fitchett . Tangents.co.uk .