Ears Like Golden Bats (CD)

Third album by Brooklyn-based My Teenage Stride and follow-up to Major Major, which was chosen as one the top five albums of 2005 by the influential indiepages site and praised by indie media such as Tangents, Dagger and Pop Tapes among many. Echoes of John Cale's solo work, mid-'60s Kinks, Phil Spector, the Chills, Guided By Voices, Brian Eno, Morrissey, the Jesus And Mary Chain and '80s synth-pop can be found in this diversely addictive album.