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Taking influences from New Wave bands like <a href="spotify:artist:6Jrj26oAY96EEC2lqC6fua" data-name="Squeeze">Squeeze</a>, modern synth-pop such as <a href="spotify:artist:2eam0iDomRHGBypaDQLwWI" data-name="Bleachers">Bleachers</a>, and the sensibilities of <a href="spotify:artist:1HxXNvsraqrsgfmju1yKk8" data-name="Modern Baseball">Modern Baseball</a>, Bantams are a band formed in 2015 by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chris Rathke in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
Their first single, <a href="spotify:album:34KQTL1JrkKQ7QtjWhGDLd" data-name="Honestly">Honestly</a> was released in August 2015 and was shortly followed by their debut EP <a href="spotify:album:6nbPpRGNuX0Knhz5DD9NHu" data-name="Sincerely, the Bantams - EP">Sincerely, the Bantams - EP</a> which was produced by Pete Donnelly (<a href="spotify:artist:3oNOdzr5NInxT21G91qgrN" data-name="The Figgs">The Figgs</a>) in early 2016. The EP, which includes the song <a href="spotify:track:7087rujw0G033PSngOdASN" data-name="Mine">Mine</a>, was featured on Spotify's Playlist <a href="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX78toxP7mOaJ" data-name="Fresh Finds Rock ">Fresh Finds Rock </a>.
After months of teasing, The Bantams' debut album, <a href="spotify:album:5m48ib8TbPCYbZxVAfu6KU" data-name="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> was released in August 2017. It was supported by the single "<a href="spotify:track:2pXvBbD1WcwmpenwiazgyE" data-name="Hollis">Hollis</a>" which was praised as "really pretty" by Jason Lipshutz, Billboard's Executive Director, Music.
In 2019, Bantams released their second album; an entirely self-produced indie rock album made throughout the first two years of college titled <a href="spotify:album:5Qmdw4NrdxzEh65ySTcJv0" data-name="Gettysburg Sorority">Gettysburg Sorority</a>, drawing inspiration from 90s print advertising, <a href="spotify:artist:5PbpKlxQE0Ktl5lcNABoFf" data-name="Car Seat Headrest">Car Seat Headrest</a>'s bandcamp catalog, and America's Next Top Model (the greatest show of all time). They will release their third album in 2024 and it’ll be insane.
Contact: bantamsband@gmail.com
Their first single, <a href="spotify:album:34KQTL1JrkKQ7QtjWhGDLd" data-name="Honestly">Honestly</a> was released in August 2015 and was shortly followed by their debut EP <a href="spotify:album:6nbPpRGNuX0Knhz5DD9NHu" data-name="Sincerely, the Bantams - EP">Sincerely, the Bantams - EP</a> which was produced by Pete Donnelly (<a href="spotify:artist:3oNOdzr5NInxT21G91qgrN" data-name="The Figgs">The Figgs</a>) in early 2016. The EP, which includes the song <a href="spotify:track:7087rujw0G033PSngOdASN" data-name="Mine">Mine</a>, was featured on Spotify's Playlist <a href="spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX78toxP7mOaJ" data-name="Fresh Finds Rock ">Fresh Finds Rock </a>.
After months of teasing, The Bantams' debut album, <a href="spotify:album:5m48ib8TbPCYbZxVAfu6KU" data-name="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> was released in August 2017. It was supported by the single "<a href="spotify:track:2pXvBbD1WcwmpenwiazgyE" data-name="Hollis">Hollis</a>" which was praised as "really pretty" by Jason Lipshutz, Billboard's Executive Director, Music.
In 2019, Bantams released their second album; an entirely self-produced indie rock album made throughout the first two years of college titled <a href="spotify:album:5Qmdw4NrdxzEh65ySTcJv0" data-name="Gettysburg Sorority">Gettysburg Sorority</a>, drawing inspiration from 90s print advertising, <a href="spotify:artist:5PbpKlxQE0Ktl5lcNABoFf" data-name="Car Seat Headrest">Car Seat Headrest</a>'s bandcamp catalog, and America's Next Top Model (the greatest show of all time). They will release their third album in 2024 and it’ll be insane.
Contact: bantamsband@gmail.com
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