Fruit Bats to return with new album, The Landfill

The Landfill follows Fruit Bats' 2025 solo album Baby Man, and is noted to be one of the most vibrant full-band albums from the Fruit Bats catalogue, as it sees Johnson exploring memory, consequence, and possibility. Title track and lead single "The Landfill" arrives today alongside a music video directed by Adam Willis.

Discussing the video, Johnson says: “This is my 6th video with the great Adam Willis, AKA Brother Willis. Another in our long line of collabs which are often funny with cold opens and strange characters plumbing the depths of the human psyche.The very first brainstorm session, we landed on Close Encounters of the Third Kind as an initial reference. Especially the notion of a man at a crossroads who is haunted by a mysterious shape."

"Later that morphed into the idea that, for some strange reason, I live a double life as a tortured art star in Europe," he continues. "And that my music career there is completely unknown. Truth be told, Fruit Bats have had a strange journey as more or less a cult band for a long time. Things have gotten bigger in recent years in North America but we ARE still quite obscure in Europe. This is a less than subtle nod to that fact.

“Silly and obscure as these concepts may be - the video still plays to the lyric and feeling of the song. The notions of memory and legacy and following signs that may or may not lead you down the right path. Adam and I always like winking in these videos but the concepts and stories are still kinda poignant at the end of the day."

On The Landfill, Johnson is joined by his touring band, comprised of bassist David Dawda, guitarist Josh Mease, keyboardist Frank LoCrasto, and drummer Kosta Galanopoulos, who come together to bring a collaborative, live sound to the collection of songs.

The Landfill artwork

The Landfill tracklist

"The Saddest Part of the Song"
"All Wounds"
"Think Aboutcha"
"That Goddamn Sun"
"Silverfish in the Sink"
"Wild Pony Tower Moment"
"Fishin' for a Vision"
"Perhaps We're a Storm"
"Hummingbird Sage"
"The Landfill"