Fruit Bats Schedule 2026 Tour Supporting New Album ‘The Landfill’

Fruit Bats – singer-songwriter Eric D. Johnson – confirmed an extensive 2026 Tour supporting the upcoming new studio album, The Landfill. Johnson shared the title track lead single from the album, which is set to arrive via Merge Records on June 12.

The full Fruit Bats band will tour in support of The Landfill. The run kicks off June 11 in San Diego and winds through the South, Midwest and Northeast before a break, then resumes in late September on the West Coast.

The fall stretch moves up through the Pacific Northwest and into Canada before cutting through the Mountain West and Plains states. Fruit Bats then push back into the Midwest before wrapping the year with a Northeast and Southeast run that closes November 21 in Austin.

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Contrasting with 2025’s Baby Man, which was largely a solo album, Johnson enlisted members of his touring band to record The Landfill. Sessions with bassist David Dawda, guitarist Josh Mease, keyboardist Frank LoCrasto and drummer Kosta Galanopoulos were held at Bear Creek Studios in Washington state. In an effort to capture the live experience, songs were recorded with limited takes and overdubs, without click tracks and with the musicians performing together.

“The sound of this band I constantly marvel at, the feeling of being in a room with musicians you love and trust enough to let them cook,” said Johnson. “It’s how we do things with my other band, Bonny Light Horseman, and I was curious to see how it would work with Fruit Bat. It’s both a very personal record, and my most collaborative to date.”

Frequent collaborator, Adam Willis, directed the video for “The Landfill.” Watch the conceptual visual for the title track below:

The Landfill Tracklist

1. The Saddest Part of the Song
2. All Wounds
3. Think Aboutcha
4. That Goddamn Sun
5. Silverfish in the Sink
6. Wild Pony Tower Moment
7. Fishin’ for a Vision
8. Perhaps We’re a Storm
9. Hummingbird Sage
10. The Landfill