Fruit Bats Live & Opinions on Lambrini Girls

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot welcome Eric Johnson of long-running indie folk band Fruit Bats for an interview and performance. The hosts also review the debut album from punk shock activists, Lambrini Girls.

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Featured Songs:

Fruit Bats, "When U Love Somebody," Mouthfuls, Sub Pop, 2003

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Lambrini Girls, "Bad Apple," Who Let the Dogs Out, City Slang, 2025

Lambrini Girls, "Nothing Tastes As Good As It Feels," Who Let the Dogs Out, City Slang, 2025

Lambrini Girls, "Scarcity Is Fake (communist propaganda)," Who Let the Dogs Out, City Slang, 2025

Fruit Bats, "Rushin River Valley (Live on Sound Opinions)," A River Running To Your Heart, Merge, 2023

Fruit Bats, "Today," Siamese Dream, Turntable Kitchen, 2020

Califone, "Bottles and Bones (Shades and Sympathy)," Roomsound, Perishable, 2001

Fruit Bats, "We Used To Live Here (Live on Sound Opinions)," A River Running To Your Heart, Merge, 2023

Fruit Bats, "Humbug Mountain Song (Live on Sound Opinions)," Absolute Loser, Easy Sound, 2016

Fruit Bats, "When U Love Somebody (Live on Sound Opinions)," Mouthfuls, Sub Pop, 2003

Chumbawamba, "Tubthumping," Tubthumper, EMI, 1997

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon, you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:08.2	Hello, Chicago!
0:44.0	Hello! You're listening to sound opinions, and this week, we have Eric Johnson of Fruitbats performing live at the Goose Island Salt Shed Pub.
0:45.4	I'm Jim D. Regatus.
0:46.5	And I'm Greg Cott.
0:50.4	But first, Jim and I are going to review the new album by Lambreni Girls.
0:52.7	Lo, and I know, you're own exploits. I call you selfish.
0:53.4	Rabbit bulls, sleeping, car. Protected to serve this world to break. Girls. Oh, yeah, I'm feeling better already this morning, Greg.
1:11.7	That is Bad Apple by the Lambini Girls.
1:14.8	It kicks off their first proper album.
1:18.4	Who Let the Dogs Out?
1:20.2	Apparently, an inside joke nodding to that song by the Baja Men.
1:25.6	And I'm sorry, everybody's going to have that earworm in their
1:28.2	heads now the rest of the day. I first highlighted the Lambini girls as a buried treasure,
1:34.8	and I am a huge fan. Essentially two women. Both are from Brighton. They met while working in a bar,
1:43.5	bar in Brighton, and they were kindred spirits.
1:47.4	When Lambridi girls started out, a series of indie singles, they were a quartet at some
1:52.2	points, Greg, but really it's two women, and that's who Lambrini girls are now. Phoebe,
1:58.7	Lundy, and Lily Masiera, guitar vocals and bass vocals. Both take credit for
2:06.0	production. Both are songwriters. It's been some time. We had an EP that came out late
2:13.5	2023. You know, it took a while to build in the states. They've been a bit of a phenomenon in
2:21.1	the UK from the very start, outspoken about gay rights and women's rights. They identify one as
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