The Bats -The Guilty Office
“So inevitably, nostalgia nags The Guilty Office, the Bats' first release since 2005's At the National Grid, their respectable but underwhelming return from a decade-long hiatus. Despite introducing a few upgrades over the years– actual sound engineering, a greater vocal role for guitarist Kaye Woodard, and the occasional harp– the band hasn't tinkered with its signature chiming guitars and surging straight-ahead rhythms. But why fix a formula that works? From melodic, bobbing lead "Countersign” to bucolic closer “The Orchard”, Office is a comfortable, comforting listen, wonderful in its very familiarity."
Pitchfork 7.5