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Current conditions

#56 Fruit Bats

Wildcard • 11°TEMPERATURE

Fruit Bats grade out well because of active cycle, shaky genre fit, returner sweet spot. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

Ground Control Touring

Last Shaky

2017

Festival Fronts

0

Booking outlook

Historical Shaky Knees performer awaiting current artist, touring, and genre-fit research.

Artist Bio

Fruit Bats is an alternative artist, formed in 1997. The project’s recorded work is commonly associated with alternative. The available discography runs from Echolocation (2001) to Absolute Loser (2016). Its profile belongs in the Shaky Forecast library as part of the wider map of artists under current and historical consideration.

Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

Researched through 2026-09-22. Unverified fields are intentionally left unresolved.

  • Historical appearances: 2017.
  • Research-only library record. It is intentionally excluded from scoring and the public Top 100 until current evidence is reviewed.
  • Researched through 2026-09-22. Unverified fields are intentionally left unresolved.
  • Batch 09 research cutoff: 2026-09-22.
  • Atlanta timing: Atlanta, Nov. 17, 2026 at Variety Playhouse; strong Southeast timing condition.
  • Current release/touring/festival research completed. Positive conditions are source-backed; absence statements mean no qualifying current/2027 evidence was verified in this pass.
  • Current-activity batch 01 research gaps now: Verify image credit/rights metadata; Expand the artist bio; Verify management; Verify record label.
  • Research Batch 10 (PARTIAL): Management resolved and current touring contacts were refreshed. Current album activity is strong; label is recorded as Merge based on the band's current release cycle/provenance.
  • Research Batch 10 remaining fields: image_credit.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Agency relationship+2

    Ground Control Touring has a meaningful recent Shaky/C3 footprint.

  • Active Cycle+3

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: release (3).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    Historical Shaky Knees performer awaiting current artist, touring, and genre-fit research.

  • Returner sweet spot+3

    Fruit Bats last played in 2017, which sits in the ideal return window.

Forecast Index: 11

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • No festival fronts are currently on the desk.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

The Landfill

Status

2026 Album

Release

Jun 12, 2026

2027 Touring

No confirmed 2027 North American tour is currently on the desk

The Landfill was released June 12, 2026, with a current full-band campaign and touring infrastructure.

Forecast Impact

+1 release-climate points

Fruit Bats carry verified new-music momentum, which helps explain why the forecast keeps them active in the 2027 booking conversation.

Fruit Bats — Research Batch 10 release
  • North American Tour (2026)Confirmed

    Official album/tour page lists an active fall 2026 U.S. run, including Los Angeles, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Portland and additional dates.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Past appearances2017

Receipts

Sources

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