Chris Bathgate
Chris Bathgate (born April 21, 1982, in Pecatonica, IL) is an American indi… Read Full Bio ↴Chris Bathgate (born April 21, 1982, in Pecatonica, IL) is an American indie folk singer-songwriter and musician. He is prominent in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti folk music scene in Michigan. In 2007, Bathgate signed to Quite Scientific Records, on which he released "A Cork Tale Wake" in 2007 and "Salt Year" in 2011. Bathgate has been compared to folk singer-songwriters Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, and Damien Jurado.
Bathgate started out in 1999, spending several years in a heavy metal band before turning to folk. While in Ann Arbor, Bathgate then formed the folk trio Ambitious Brothers with Michael Beauchamp and Karl Sturk, releasing a few records before breaking up in 2005.
In 2001, Bathgate launched his solo career, while continuing to experiment with different groups for several years. He self-released multiple EPs and albums including Twilight Unlimited in 2002, Create and Consume in 2003, and Silence Is For Suckers in 2005. He would often sell his records to local Ann Arbor music store Encore Records.
In 2007 Bathgate signed to Quite Scientific Records. April 2011 saw the release of his second nationally-distributed full length album, "Salt Year".
Website: www.chrisbathgate.org
Bathgate started out in 1999, spending several years in a heavy metal band before turning to folk. While in Ann Arbor, Bathgate then formed the folk trio Ambitious Brothers with Michael Beauchamp and Karl Sturk, releasing a few records before breaking up in 2005.
In 2001, Bathgate launched his solo career, while continuing to experiment with different groups for several years. He self-released multiple EPs and albums including Twilight Unlimited in 2002, Create and Consume in 2003, and Silence Is For Suckers in 2005. He would often sell his records to local Ann Arbor music store Encore Records.
In 2007 Bathgate signed to Quite Scientific Records. April 2011 saw the release of his second nationally-distributed full length album, "Salt Year".
Website: www.chrisbathgate.org
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Chris Bathgate Lyrics
: A Problem in Dissonance Solved This is a story of a stormy old road that…
A Flash of Light Followed By There was a flash of light Followed by chaos On the night …
A Problem In Dissonance Solved This is a story of a stormy old road that…
Ada "Ada, Ada why'd you kill your love? Did he cause you…
Auld Lang Syne Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind?…
Been Out All Night Who's that clatter in the hall Who's that rattling my door …
Beg Are you going to make me beg for it? Whatcha going…
Borders You know the sun it swings Across my borders And the day…
Buffalo Girl You saw the sank in a fiery fault 'Tween your…
Casual Way Save your breath cause I'm running out I'm tearing down eve…
Cinder Lend me your ears for a whispery cinder And I lay…
Cold Fusion Ooh ooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooooh ooh ooh…
Cold Press Rail I quit my shoes for a big boat baby Now I…
Come to the Sea Trapped in a real life. Trapped in a hard tusk time,…
Creak, Cure, Dawn Cane came and he weighed my name against the sun With…
Dizzy Seas Find a corner of the mind. Push past, halve the time. Close…
Do What's Easy Do what's easy Steal every red cent out of the wishing…
Eliza Was it sacred? Did you scream out? Was he far eyed?…
Every Wall You Own Say your prayers before your eyelids roll On every single l…
Everything Everything, the skin contains No matter, how hard I sing I…
Feather Jaw It's the last lighted seam of a dreamy week Forgive your…
Fur Curled on the Sad Road Fur curled on the sad road Everyone I've ever known Those …
Hide All my wasted days come back to me. Every hour, broken…
I Know How You Are Going To Die Tonight Cock my click with the setting sun You're my mark and…
In the City To the rail I pray Cause in November I heard your…
Levee The biggest moon I ever saw Was on the night I…
Little Bird In Coffin Come Little bird in coffin come Sum my day up in a…
Loveless Son You loveless son The best is yet to come The rain just…
Low Hey The day is setting your thought on a riddle, Your…
Madison House And every home we've known is sentenced And I'm no asking…
Nicosia When I'm breaking down, I just wander round, through the str…
No Silver I ain't got no silver, I ain't got no gold In…
Northern Country Trail On the northern country trail I'm not feeling very well As m…
Own Design I knew a man that had died in a ship…
Poor Eliza I'm sinking,come save me Poor Eliza, my patsy My visions al…
Restless Restless is the way that I walked Safety is a word…
Riverwide I was a lonely little child On the banks of a…
Salt Year Seventeen years before I should have hauled off and kissed…
Save One For The Morning What's that silvery sound? A girl with a wounded gown Clatte…
Serpentine My lungs stone and my days all serpentine The tight tightnes…
Silly One All this salt and sting Is gonna set my broom to…
Smiles Like a Fist Say a prayer for the damage day come on Suit it…
Strawflower's Waltz In the balmy breath In the backwoods of Magnolia Me and my…
The Darkness Was Vague The darkness was vague and indecipherable So I stared at my…
The Last Parade On an St. The last parade on Ann Street babe Was when the frost…
The Last Parade On Ann St. The last parade on Ann Street babe Was when the frost…
The Last Wine of Winter I have a room with a cord and a fixture And…
Time I'll say it again, to the back of your neck Deep…
Tintype Crisis In the tintype crisis of my quarter life, in the…
WAIT Cold, when my bodies stone. These days and nights I wait to…
Water Sometimes my thoughts are like lights on the water: some ca…
we turned into birds Want to play your fiddle for me? How 'bout a round…
When The Autumn Comes I know when the autumn comes Where my thoughts will go A…
Yes I'm Cold Yes, I'm cold Cold as Ice And so now You know How our story …