Benny Doyle, Journalist

The Irish trio’s sound hasn’t deviated too greatly from their first record, 2010’s Tourist History. But when the relationship feels this good, why would you want to switch beds anyway?

Although it doesn’t have as many immediate singles as its predecessor, Summertime Heavy still does an admirable job of rocking out in a bold and uncompromising manner, and if you give the record the time and appreciation that it deserves, you’ll be duly rewarded with some expansive and ambitious west coast rock.

"I don’t know if it will induce a riot, but definitely a circle pit is the goal... We just tried to make the best Bats record that we could, that was our vibe."

“We twist the songs up, put them down, do all kinds of things... Another thing we like to do during our live acts is to go through these little segues from one song to another."

"I don’t do high-rise painting anymore but it’s been a big part of my life so I decided to write a song about it as an ode to all the high-rise painters on the Goldy that keep the city looking beautiful."

Gow has dumped a load of ideas on this disc but it never once comes across as overwrought or congested.

“I feel like you write your best stuff when you are feeling your most vulnerable and emotional, and when you are ready to let stuff out of your system... Cathartic sums it up."

"I’m writing songs that I want to be a bit more third person in, in order to connect with the audience in a different way."