Fat Battery produce a wholly original sound: blending elements of traditional acoustic rock and often surreal and allegorical lyrics, with modern trip-hop rhythms and infectious bass-lines. Once described as "a fusion of Johnny Cash and Tom Waits", the band's unique sound truly has to be heard to be defined.
...is Rich Austin, who composes minimal and mesmerizing songs from his many mirrored room in his house in deepest East Devon. His songs are simple, dark and soulful. Fat Battery produce a wholly original sound: blending elements of traditional acoustic rock and often surreal and allegorical lyrics, with modern trip-hop rhythms and infectious bass-lines. Once described as "a fusion of Johnny Cash and Tom Waits", the band's unique sound truly has to be heard to be defined.