In '01 Eric D. Johnson embarked on a career in music that has, to date, included ten years w/ the Fruit Bats, sideman duties for bands including Califone, Vetiver & The Shins, & more recently, soundtrack work for films like Ceremony & the soon-to-be-released Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother. "Tripper", the new & fifth Fruit Bats full -ength, was recorded at in Los Angeles w/ Thom Monahan, best known as producer for the last four Vetiver albums, Devendra Banhart's "Cripple Crow", & the Pernice Brothers