Ears Like Golden Bats

Infobox Album |
Name = Ears Like Golden Bats
Type = Album
Artist = My Teenage Stride


Released = February 20, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Indie pop
Length = 37:08
Label = Becalmed Records
Producer = Jedediah Smith
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfexqqrldte link]
Last album = "Major Major" (2005)
This album = "Ears Like Golden Bats" (2007)
Next album =

"Ears Like Golden Bats" is the third album by My Teenage Stride. Lawrence Lui of CokemachineGlow.com gave it a 69% rating, stating "taking C86 pastoralism and refracting it through the prism of ‘90s lo-fi Amer-indie, Ears Like Golden Bats projects a treble-happy modesty that can be at once charming and cloying".cite web |url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/myteenagestride_earslikegoldenbats2007.html |title=Review of Ears Like Golden Bats |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth=30 September |accessyear=2007 |author=Lawrence Lui |publisher=cokemachineglow.com ] Jennifer Kelly of PopMatters described it as "wonderful stuff".cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/31321/my-teenage-stride-ears-like-golden-bats/ |title=Review of Ears Like Golden Bats |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth=30 September |accessyear=2007 |author=Jennifer Kelly |publisher=PopMatters ] Alistair Fitchett, in Tangets, described it as "one of the finer albums of the year".cite web |url=http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/main/2007/march/purejoy.html |title=Pure Joy Wins Out Again |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth=30 September |accessyear=2007 |author=Alistair Fitchett |publisher=Tangents.co.uk ] Magnet featured it in its top 20 albums of 2008 list, and it has appeared on innumerable top 10, 20, and 100 album and song lists in the blogosphere.

Track listing

All songs written by Jedediah Smith.

#"Reception" - 2:11
#"That Should Stand for Something" - 2:20
#"To Live and Die in the Airport Lounge" - 3:43
#"Actors' Colony" - 1:35
#"Ears Like Golden Bats" - 2:20
#"The Genie of New Jersey" - 2:47
#"Terror Bends" - 2:40
#"Reversal" - 2:48
#"Chock's Rally" - 2:24
#"Heartless & Cruel" - 2:17
#"Ruin" - 2:53
#"We'll Meet at Emily's" - 2:59
#"Depression Kicks" - 3:23
#"Boys Will Tell" - 3:31

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