Bat Flattery

Year of the Glutton

Ashburn

Bat Flattery are a post-hardcore act from the UK underground—they're a chaotic, calculated, and completely captivating force of their own design. 

FFO: At the Drive-In, Fugazi, Drug Church.

Forged from the legacy of previous shoegaze, mathcore and punk rock projects, this trio has carved a distinctive, jagged edge into the UK alternative scene since 2020.

With an unmistakable “DIY meets high concept” approach, Bat Flattery have earned praise for their to-the-point songwriting, intelligent composition, and a live show that punches far above its weight. The band books, manages, records, and promotes everything themselves, with the ambition to partner up with an appropriate label later this year. 

Bat Flattery are curating their 15+ track debut album, set for release at the end of 2025. Instant impact tracks like “Kalashnikov” and “Onibaba Mask” barely hit the two-minute mark but leave listeners rattled, energized, and curious—built for replayability and live detonation. 


this is sick as hell dude. Love the bass tone. Keep up the good work.

Onibaba Mask is the third release from Bat Flattery, and the first single of 2024. 

LYRICS:
Heart and soul are festered rotten black
I'll wear this grimace like an Onibaba mask.
Devil's smile stretched and midnight hour eyes.
The skin is stitched together in convincing disguise.

The reeds are falling and they’re piercing my skin
The reeds are falling and they’re scratching my skin
I feel the damage and it’s pulling me in.
My hopes are scattered and I feel like all my

Days of sun are numbered and I'm coming off the track.
I'm stuck in this grimace of an Onibaba mask.
An exhausted contortion of a smile that's worn thin.
The agony apparent in the fibres of my skin.


Recorded, mixed and mastered by Martyn Bewick at Playing Aloud Studios - https://www.playingaloud.co.uk/

Bat Flattery are:
Paul Chave - Guitar and Vocals
Rob Barker - Bass and Vocals
Plamen Pironev - Drums

Like this song? Buy it here:  https://batflatterynoise.bandcamp.com/releases

Listen to more Bat Flattery on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ejfZf6rlrC7BxydLWBCz4?si=Uo9O1zihRU2u4bAhup3E1g

Help us out by liking our socials: https://www.instagram.com/bat_flattery_music/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076201477225
https://linktr.ee/batflattery 

Socks On Records have been helping us out for the last few months. They're good people and promote some excellent bands. Check them out here: https://socksonrecords.bandcamp.com/artists

Bat Flattery logo artwork by Paraskeui Tzalavara, check out her stuff here: https://www.instagram.com/friday_tzalavara6/

Onibaba Mask artwork by Paul Chave.

Thank you for listening! - BF

Bat Flattery - Onibaba Mask

Year of the ghost is the first single from Bat Flattery in 2025. 

Video filmed by Paul Chave and Rob Barker.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Martyn Bewick at Playing Aloud Studios - https://www.playingaloud.co.uk/

Bat Flattery are:
Paul Chave - Guitar and Vocals
Rob Barker - Bass and Vocals
Adam Perkins - Drums

A big thank you to Plamen Pironev for all of his live and recording drum contributions over the last few years.

Like our music? Help us out on Bandcamp:  https://batflatterynoise.bandcam... 

Listen to more Bat Flattery on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/... 

Help us out by liking our socials: 
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Socks On Records have been helping us out for the last few months. They're good people and promote some excellent bands. Check them out here: https://socksonrecords.bandcamp....

Bat Flattery logo artwork by Paraskeui Tzalavara, check out her stuff here:  ￼ / friday_tzalavara6   

Cover artwork by Paul Chave.

Thank you for listening

Bat Flattery - Year Of The Ghost

Kalashnikov is the fourth release from Bat Flattery, and the second single of 2024. 

LYRICS:

An indecision that fell from favour
Left us scared and feeling terrified.

Blistered divisions leave a flavour
Of rotten fruit that's picked from the vine.
Observe the axel's weakness
Holding the weight.
Watch the axle's weakness
Hold on and wait.

Decide who's tamed to fan the flames.
With fear running rife you’re the weapons of his hate
Decide who's tamed to fan the flames.
He ducks and he shivers and he doesn’t nod it’s fake.
Decide who's tamed to fan the flames.
And there’s nothing, nothing nobody can do oh wait just don’t entertain.


Recorded, mixed and mastered by Martyn Bewick at Playing Aloud Studios - https://www.playingaloud.co.uk/

Cover photo credit: Paul Chave

Bat Flattery are:
Paul Chave - Guitar and Vocals
Rob Barker - Bass and Vocals
Plamen Pironev - Drums

Video Credits:
Filmed on location at Playing Aloud
Video produced, filmed and lit by Bat Flattery and Mat Stockton
Edited by Paul Chave


Like this song? Buy it here: https://batflatterynoise.bandcamp.com/releases 

Listen to more Bat Flattery on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ejfZf6rlrC7BxydLWBCz4?si=SnM4uJNVTey0LdAbjd8SWg 

Help us out by liking our socials: 
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076201477225
https://www.instagram.com/bat_flattery_music
https://linktr.ee/batflattery 


Socks On Records have been helping us out for the last few months. They're good people and promote some excellent bands. Check them out here: https://socksonrecords.bandcamp....

Bat Flattery logo artwork by Paraskeui Tzalavara, check out her stuff here: https://www.instagram.com/friday_tzalavara6 
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Thank you for listening! - BF

Bat Flattery - Kalashnikov

Year Of The (Rehearsing) Ghost. Stream it, buy it, share it: https://linktr.ee/batflattery #punk

Otka is the second single from Bat Flattery in 2025, after Year of the Ghost, and 2024's Kalashnikov and Onibaba Mask.

Video edited by Rob Barker, filmed by Bat Flattery and contributions from a collection of friends, fans and family.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Martyn Bewick at Playing Aloud Studios - https://www.playingaloud.co.uk/

Bat Flattery are:
Paul Chave - Guitar and Vocals
Rob Barker - Bass and Vocals
Adam Perkins - Drums

A big thank you to Plamen Pironev for all of his live and recording drum contributions over the last few years.

Like our music? Help us out on Bandcamp:  https://batflatterynoise.bandcam... 

Listen to more Bat Flattery on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/... 

Help us out by liking our socials: 
https://www.instagram.com/bat_fl...
https://www.facebook.com/profile... 
https://linktr.ee/batflattery?ut... 

Socks On Records have been helping us out for the last few months. They're good people and promote some excellent bands. Check them out here: https://socksonrecords.bandcamp....

Bat Flattery logo artwork by Paraskeui Tzalavara, check out her stuff here:  ￼ / friday_tzalavara6   

Cover artwork by Paul Chave.

Thank you for listening

Bat Flattery - Otka

Track 1- 3 from the debut EP 'Clap City'. 

1) Year  of the coward
2) Hope is hypocrisy
3) Clap City

Recorded by:  Joe Dickinson and Ollie Porter
Recorded at: Playing Aloud Recording Studios, Lincoln
Written by: Bat Flattery: i.e. Chave, Barker, Tyers and Frost.

https://batflatterynoise.bandcamp.com/album/clap-city
https://www.facebook.com/people/Bat-Flattery/100076201477225/?hc_location=ufi

Bat Flattery - Clap City (FULL EP, 2022)

Ever wondered How a Bat Flattery is made? 

Come into our workshop and find out how Rob’s vocals are captured in the wild.

NOTE. We strongly recommend that you watch this video either at 11pm at night in a confused and bored state or during your time waking up in the early and confused hours of the day.


Filmed at Playing Aloud Studios Lincoln

Starring: Rob Barker, Paul Chave and Adam Perkins
Music by: Paul Chave
Filmed and Edited by Paul Chave.


Find out more about Bat Flattery via our Linktree:

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How Bat Flattery is Made. Ep 1

Track 1 of 3 from the debut EP 'Clap City'. 
Recorded by:  Joe Dickinson and Ollie Porter
Recorded at: Playing Aloud Recording Studios, Lincoln
Written by: Bat Flattery: i.e. Chave, Barker, Tyers and Frost.

https://batflatterynoise.bandcamp.com/album/clap-city
https://www.facebook.com/people/Bat-Flattery/100076201477225/?hc_location=ufi

Bat Flattery - Year of the coward

Track 3 of 3 from the debut EP 'Clap City'. 
Recorded by:  Joe Dickinson and Ollie Porter
Recorded at: Playing Aloud Recording Studios, Lincoln
Written by: Bat Flattery: i.e. Chave, Barker, Tyers and Frost.

https://batflatterynoise.bandcamp.com/album/clap-city
https://www.facebook.com/people/Bat-Flattery/100076201477225/?hc_location=ufi

Bat Flattery - Clap City

Year of the Glutton is the third single from Bat Flattery in 2025.

Video filmed by Paul Chave and Rob Barker.
Video edited by Paul Chave.
All clips and images are used from the public domain multimedia sites Internet Archive, Library of Congress and The National Gallery.

Single artwork uses portions of the woodcuttings ‘Dance of Death’ by Hans Holbein. 

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Martyn Bewick at Playing Aloud Studios - https://www.playingaloud.co.uk/

Bat Flattery are:
Paul Chave - Guitar and Vocals
Rob Barker - Bass and Vocals
Adam Perkins - Drums

A big thank you to Plamen Pironev for all of his live and recording drum contributions over the last few years.

Like our music? Help us out on Bandcamp: https://batflatterynoise.bandcamp.com

Listen to more Bat Flattery on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ejfZf6rlrC7BxydLWBCz4?si=UxELJiwWRU24zHv9E4fU-w

Help us out by liking our socials: 
 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076201477225

https://www.instagram.com/bat_flattery_music?igsh=MXZ3MzkzY2VzaXdzMA==

https://linktr.ee/batflattery

Bat Flattery: Year of the Glutton

Thanks to Socks On Records
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Bat Flattery live 4.11.23 Here We Aren't Peterborough

Track 2 of 3 from the debut EP 'Clap City'. 
Recorded by:  Joe Dickinson and Ollie Porter
Recorded at: Playing Aloud Recording Studios, Lincoln
Written by: Bat Flattery: i.e. Chave, Barker, Tyers and Frost.

https://batflatterynoise.bandcamp.com/album/clap-city
https://www.facebook.com/people/Bat-Flattery/100076201477225/?hc_location=ufi

Bat Flattery - Hope is hypocrisy

Today Rob played a bass. He played it so good that the parts stuck onto some drums. More to follow.

Super Bat Flattery II. Out now. 

Coincidentally we are also playing some acoustic shows we are both performing as a two piece. Check socials for details.