The Bats - Couchmaster (CD) 1989 overlooking the ocean and Otago

overlooking the ocean and Otago Peninsula

March 1995 by Tex Houston and the Able Tasmans

North By North

Mixed at Mandrill Studios

while "Riding The Whale" has a sweet expansiveness that suits its title all too well

The Bats - Couchmaster (CD) 1989 overlooking the ocean and OtagoFN301 The Bats Couchmaster (1995) If Couchmaster did one thing, it was cement The Bats as one of New Zealand's great bands. Alongside that, this 1995 release, which has now been re mastered by bassist Paul Kean, sees the band exploring and experimenting with the folkish psychedlic pop they have become internationally renown for. Couchmaster, their sixth album, shows a band that is far from resting, with tracks such as the excellent Afternoon in Bed a