The Bats – Couchmaster

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Label:	Mammoth Records – MR0126-2, Flying Nun Records – MR0126-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Oct 10, 1995
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Indie Rock

Tracklist

1	Outside	0:55
2	Afternoon In Bed	5:14
3	Around You Like Snow	2:42
4	Work It Out	2:50
5	Train	0:48
6	Land 'O' Lakes	3:46
7	Chain Home Low Written-By – The Bats	3:01
8	Supernova	1:24
9	Shoeshine Written-By – K. Woodward*, The Bats	3:45
10	Crow Song Written-By – The Bats	6:07
11	Smorgasboard Written-By – The Bats	1:35
12	Knowledge Is Power Keyboards – Kaye Woodward	4:07
13	Its Happening To You	3:06
14	Lost Weekend	2:46
15	For The Ride	3:46
16	Out Of Bounds	3:29
17	Down To Me	3:13

Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Ukulele – Paul Kean
Design [Art Concept] – The Bats
Drums, Percussion – Malcolm Grant
Engineer – Arnie Van Bussel
French Horn – Crispin Vinnell
Guitar, Vocals – Kaye Woodward
Producer – The Bats
Recorded By [Train] – Arnie*
Typography [Lettering], Layout, Illustration [Drawing] – Robert*
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Robert Scott
Written-By – R. Scott* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 12 to 17), The Bats (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 12 to 17)

Recorded and mixed at Christchurch, NZ, June - July 1995.

(p)&(c)1995 Flying Nun Records under exclusive license to Mammoth Records.

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Couchmaster (CD, Album)	Flying Nun Records	FNCD301	New Zealand	1995
Recently Edited	Couchmaster (Cassette, Album)	Flying Nun Records, Festival Records	FNMC 301, C 31462	New Zealand	1995
	Couchmaster (LP, Test Pressing)	Flying Nun Records	FN301	New Zealand	1995
	Couchmaster (LP, Album)	Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun Records	FN301, L31462	New Zealand	1995
New Submission	Couchmaster (CD, Advance, Album, Promo)	Mammoth Records, Flying Nun Records	MR0126-2P	US	1995

notec Feb 22, 2017
THIS MUSIC IS as sweeping and vast as the land it comes from. Not since "The Law Of Things" have I been so excited about a BATS record. The delicately crafted emotionally choreographed songs fronted by Robert Scott's vocals/guitars and occasionally Kaye Woodward's, are a joy to listen to. All sorts of subtle nuances and progressions make this disc a well worn wonder in my deck. "Afternoon In Bed" has a great bass hook and chorus and "Work It Out" has a hauntingly cool slide guitar swirling around in it that makes you feel good about music again.