Fruitbats & Crows
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Singles

The first single produced from the album was "A Million Grains Of Sand." The music video peaked at #4 on South African music channel, MK (channel).

Musicians

  • Farryl Purkiss
    Farryl Purkiss
    Farryl Purkiss is a SAMA nominated South African singer-songwriter. Purkiss released an eponymous debut album, Farryl Purkiss in 2006. He has released a number of EPs and in 2009 released his sophomore album entitled "Fruitbats & Crows".Purkiss reached #1 in France with “La-Di-Da”...

     - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

  • Kieran Smith - Bass Guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Brent Quinton - Bass Guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Electric Guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

  • Gareth Gale - Drums
  • Ross Campbell - Drums
  • Ash Grunwald
    Ash Grunwald
    Ash Grunwald is an Australian radio announcer and blues musician.-Early career:...

     - Slide Guitar
    Slide guitar
    Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

     ("Man Of Alibi")
  • John Ellis
    Tree63
    Tree63 was a Contemporary Christian Music band from Durban, South Africa.-History:The band was formed in 1996 and originally, it was unnamed. In 1997, the band had to come up with a name before performing at North Beach, Durban, and came up with "Tree". They added the 63 part of their name in 2000...

     - Electric Guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

     ("Kissing Devils On The Cheek", "A Million Grains Of Sand", "Creeping Up On Me", "Let It Be")
  • Candice Nel - Backing Vocals ("Kissing Devils On The Cheek", "Monkeys' Wedding")
  • Damon Forbes
    Sheer Sound
    Sheer Sound is a South African indie record label formed in 1994 by Damon Forbes.-History:Sheer Sound was formed in November 1994, shortly after South Africa’s first democratic elections...

     - Backing Vocals ("Kissing Devils On The Cheek")
  • Burton Naidoo - Keys
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • Guy Buttery - Acoustic Guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

     ("Monkeys' Wedding", "No One Left To Blame")
  • Sanjeet Teeluck - Harmonium
    Harmonium
    A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...

     ("Bleed")

Reception

  • FHM
    FHM
    FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...

     - "Fruitbats & Crows completely rules. The music is amazingly listenable, very chilled, lyrically moving and sung by a man who we should export to other countries."
  • Heat Magazine - "How many good tracks? All 12! We listened to this album over and over" "Bless our folky souls - we love this album!
  • Muse Magazine - "Wow, wow and wow again."
  • High-Flyers (South African Airways|SAA Inflight Magazine) - "It seems you don't have to look overseas anymore for music that moves.
  • You Magazine - "Must Listen"

Release history

Country Release Date
South Africa
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