The Bats share new song/video ‘The Gown’
The Bats return with their third single of 2025, The Gown. With their 11th album, Corner Coming Up on the horizon, the legendary indie rock band are giving us another taste of what’s to come.
The Bats’ music has been recently described as “a perfect blend of bittersweet beauty and deceptive simplicity, and the band has a phenomenal ability to create melodies that linger long after the record has stopped spinning.”
The Gown is not typical Bats, but fits perfectly with the above description and Martin Sagadin’s beautiful video sympathetically represents the emotions and symphonic vibes expressed in the song. Martin’s gorgeous new video was shot on location at Grubb Cottage in Ōhinehou, Ōtautahi Grubb, and features band members Paul Kean and Kaye Woodward, as well as film-makers and musicians Annabel Kean (Sports Team) and Callum Devlin (Sports Team, Hans Pucket).
The upcoming new album strikes a very distinctive and familiar chord that exists in the fuzzy-loving hearts of fans all round the world. Throughout their 40 plus years of existence, and now with Corner Coming Up ready to share with the world, The Bats have stayed true to their roots, creating timeless music that continues to resonate with fans old and new.
Corner Coming Up was recorded at Chicks Studio in Port Chalmers by Flying Nun legend, Tex Houston, and is out digitally, and on peach or black vinyl LP and CD on 17th October 2025 via Flying Nun Records.
PRE-ORDER CORNER COMING UP HERE
The Bats are Robert Scott, Kaye Woodward, Paul Kean and Malcolm Grant. Since their inception in Christchurch in 1982, The Bats’ music has earned a devoted following around the world, and they remain one of New Zealand’s most cherished and enduring exports.
