The Bats - Courage

Name: The Bats - Courage
Uploaded: 1993-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released in 1993 as the lead single and opening track from The Bats' fourth album Silverbeet, 'Courage' arrived at the apex of the band's international profile. Silverbeet reached No. 6 on the US College Music Journal album chart and the band toured the US extensively that year. The Dunedin Sound — characterised by droning jangling…

1993 · Early-90s Kiwi Indie / Flying Nun Peak Period (1993) · music video

1993Early-90s Kiwi Indie / Flying Nun Peak Period (1993)Dunedin Sound / Flying Nun Records New Zealand indie jangle-pop, 1982–1995

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Released in 1993 as the lead single and opening track from The Bats' fourth album Silverbeet, 'Courage' arrived at the apex of the band's international profile. Silverbeet reached No. 6 on the US College Music Journal album chart and the band toured the US extensively that year. The Dunedin Sound — characterised by droning jangling guitars, DIY ethics, and Flying Nun's independent infrastructure — had by this point…

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A canonical document of the Dunedin Sound / Flying Nun jangle-pop tradition at its early-90s international high-water mark. 'Courage' was the lead track from Silverbeet, a CMJ top-10 album, and was released as a standalone EP — marking its status as the band's most commercially prominent single of…

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