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- ↑ "SYFFAL - Bat Meets Blaine review". Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ Impose Magazine - Bat Meets Blaine review
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- ↑ Pitchfork Media - I Heard It Today review
- ↑ The Quietus - I Heard It Today review
- ↑ URB Magazine - notice
- ↑ Platform8470 - Bat Meets Blaine review
- ↑ The Agit Reader - Bat Meets Blaine review
- ↑ https://fullplate.bandcamp.com/merch/dillon-batsauce-what-have-we-done-listening-party
