Chris Bathgate

Bathgate was born in Ames, Iowa, on April 21, 1982.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chrisbathgate.org/biography|title=Biography|access-date=January 22, 2021|archive-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122015641/http://www.chrisbathgate.org/biography|url-status=dead}} He began playing music at the age of 16 and relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend the University of Michigan as an art and design student.Reges, Margaret. [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p658120/biography|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (Chris Bathgate – biography)], allmusicguide.com[http://www.emusic.com/artist/Chris-Bathgate-MP3-Download/11763895.html emusic- Chris Bathgate], emusic.com

Bathgate played in a heavy metal band for several years before turning to folk. He formed the trio Ambitious Brothers with Michael Beauchamp and Karl Sturk, which released two records before breaking up in 2005.

During a trip to northern Michigan, Bathgate and fellow University of Michigan student Jansen Swy, along with other friends, set music to Swy's poetry, calling the short-lived project the Descent of the Holy Ghost Church. Later on, while attending the New England Literature Program, a University of Michigan summer program in Maine, the group managed to book itself as an opening act for Magnolia Electric Company at Detroit's Magic Stick. They disbanded in 2006.[http://www.annarborpaper.com/content/issuev3i3/party_ends_v3i3.html Partying Too Hard with the Descent of the Holy Ghost Church] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904025345/http://www.annarborpaper.com/content/issuev3i3/party_ends_v3i3.html |date=September 4, 2011 }}, annarborpaper.com, November 2005

In 2001, Bathgate launched a solo career and released his debut studio album, Dead Eyed Stranger. This was followed by the EP Twilight Unlimited in 2002, the full-length Create and Consume in 2003, Time Heals All Wounds (2004), and Silence Is for Suckers (2005).[http://www.annarborpaper.com/content/issuev2i8/bathgate_v2i8.html Chris Bathgate's Silence Is for Suckers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518010629/http://www.annarborpaper.com/content/issuev2i8/bathgate_v2i8.html |date=May 18, 2006 }}, annarborpaper.com, March 2005[http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=5443017026&BlogId=5443043589 Chris Bathgate Discusses A Cork Tale Wake], bebo.com

In 2006, Bathgate issued two full-length albums, The Single Road I Longed For and Throatsleep, as well as the EP A Detailed Account of Three Dreams. That year, Real Detroit Weekly named him Best Solo Artist in Michigan.[http://www.quitescientific.com/chris1.htm Quite Scientific – Chris Bathgate] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228065418/http://www.quitescientific.com/chris1.htm |date=February 28, 2008 }}, quitescientific.com

In 2007, Bathgate traveled with Saturday Looks Good to Me as an opening act on their European tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/strongsaturday-looks-good-to-me|title=Saturday Looks Good to Me announce new album and tour {{!}} New Music {{!}} Impose Magazine|website=imposemagazine.com|date=February 28, 2007|access-date=October 29, 2016}}

Later that year, he signed to the Michigan record label Quite Scientific Records, on which he released A Cork Tale Wake on June 26. On January 15, 2008, NPR Music chose the opening track, "Serpentine", as its Song of the Day.{{cite web|title=Melancholy Gloom, Beautiful and Bruised |url=https://www.npr.org/2008/01/15/18109388/melancholy-gloom-beautiful-and-bruised |website=npr.org |date=January 15, 2008 |access-date=June 14, 2025}}

In 2011, he published his next album, Salt Year,{{cite web|title=Chris Bathgate – Salt Year |url=https://www.quitescientific.com/releases/Salt-Year/ |website=quitescientific.com |access-date=June 14, 2025}} and he followed it with Dizzy Seas in 2017. His latest, The Significance of Peaches, came out in 2022.

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• Dead Eyed Stranger (2001)
• Create and Consume (2003)
• Time Heals All Wounds (2004)
• Silence Is for Suckers (2005)
• The Single Road I Longed For (2006)
• Throatsleep (2006)
• A Cork Tale Wake (2007)
• Salt Year (2011)
• Dizzy Seas (2017)
• The Significance of Peaches (2022)

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• Twilight Unlimited (2002)
• A Detailed Account of Three Dreams (2006)
• Wait, Skeleton. (2008)
• Oneiro (2012)
• Old Factory (2016)

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• "Auld Lang Syne" (2007)
• "Serpentine" (2008)
• "Restless" (2008)
• "Do What's Easy" (2008)
• "The Asheville Squints" with Hezekiah Jones (2008)
• "No Silver" (2011)
• "Poor Eliza" (2011)
• "Calvary" (2016)

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• {{Official website|chrisbathgate.org}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116213329/http://www.chrisbathgate.org/ |date=January 16, 2011 }}

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