Fruitbats & Crows is the follow-up to Farryl Purkiss's 2006 self-titled album.

In the three years between albums, Purkiss had toured Australia three times, Europe, United States and South Africa.

[citation needed] His songs have been used in campaigns by Nissan (Greece), Audi (UK), MTN (South Africa) as well as placement in the film "Adopted" (featuring Pauly Shore).

The album contains 12 new tracks and features international guest musicians such as Ash Grunwald (Australia) and John Ellis (Tree 63).

All tracks are written by Farryl PurkissThe first single produced from the album was "A Million Grains of Sand".