I Do Not Hate This New Album By Blitzen Trapper

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*sigh* Blitzen Trapper? There really isn't ONE good name left? anyway, 99% of any indie rock that people are still silly enough to send me usually stinks to high heaven (although cheers to whoever sent me that Cornelius album, cuz i really do dig it), but this ain't bad! the faux-kinks stuff is actually tuneful and well-made and the indie pavement kinda stuff ain't bad either. plus, they might even be beta band fans. it's, you know, "quirky", but i don't want to hit them over the head with a hammer. i would actually recommend this to someone! i don't know who, but someone.

― scott seward, Monday, 12 March 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)

My band has played with these guys a few times. I like 'em. Kind of remind me 80's-era Meat Puppets crossed with Mick Taylor-era Stones.

― darin, Monday, 12 March 2007 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

really, with the name jokes? they were one of my first pitchfork write-ups way back in 2004! (only for our annual "found sound" feature, but still...)

― marc h., Monday, 12 March 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

actually Blitzen Trapper would've been a great name for a Deerhunter side project.

― marc h., Monday, 12 March 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

you think age has been kind to their name? i'd never heard of them, so their name is new to me! and it kinda sucks, but what are ya gonna do? the album is still pretty good. not good enough for me to hold onto probably, but still pretty good.

― scott seward, Monday, 12 March 2007 20:20 (eighteen years ago)

god, these dudes are so fun! this is one of those records where it's all of a sudden 8 songs in and i don't know where the time went, you know?

― Beatrix Kiddo, Monday, 12 March 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

I Do Not Hate This New Album By Blitzen Trapper.
thats exactly waht i fell.
i mean, it looks like i should have hated them, with all the hype and the production that sounds too much like many of those modern indie bands.
but they actually write good songs,behind the mess.

― Zeno, Sunday, 22 July 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

I can't remember how but I came across them on Myspace last year. I don't normally like indie bands but loved the track 'Asleep for Days' as soon as I heard it and it seemed to chime with one of my rare euphoric moods. I bought the 'Field Rexx' album for that one track alone.

― dubmill, Sunday, 22 July 2007 14:11 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

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Over the course of their four full-length albums to date, including their revelatory 2008 Sub Pop release Furr, Portland, OR's Blitzen Trapper have gained a growing international audience. The band's continuing exploration of American music has earned them notice ranging from Rolling Stone magazine to late-night network television to Yo Gabba Gabba. Destroyer of the Void takes Blitzen Trapper further than ever before, building on the band's seamless marriage of the familiar and the fantastic.

Destroyer of the Void will be released on Sub Pop on June 8, 2010.

1. Destroyer of the Void
2. Laughing Lover
3. Below The Hurricane
4. The Man Who Would Speak True
5. Love and Hate
6. Heaven and Earth
7. Dragon's Song
8. The Tree (feat. Alela Diane)
9. Evening Star
10. Lover Leave Me Drowning
11. The Tailor
12. Sadie

― Bee OK, Sunday, 25 April 2010 05:26 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

Okay I am really liking this new album on first listen, the gorgeous harmonies on "Below the Hurricane" are a standout for me. I hear a little bit of Beachwood Sparks (another band of this ilk I loved) in some of these tunes.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 05:24 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

Listening to an NPR set from the Newport Folk Festival right now, some great harmonies. When I'm in the right mood, this band is fantastic.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:46 (fifteen years ago)

couldn't get past the first song on this. unlistenable.

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:44 (fifteen years ago)

I agree.

― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:45 (fifteen years ago)

Fantastic...Unlistenable...my God, if it weren't for Ted Nugent ILM would not have consensus on ANYTHING...

― henry s, Thursday, 30 September 2010 01:38 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

if it weren't for Ted Nugent ILM would not have consensus on ANYTHING

i'd guess that a reasonably large ilm contingency loves ted nugent (i hate him, but whatevs.)

this new blitzen trapper disc is another item that's just appeared on emusic, and i'm not sure if it's worth the effort. . .

― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:21 (fifteen years ago)

Wild Mountain Nation is still great but the two after are just taking themselves WAY too seriously. Wish they'd have fun again.

― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Saturday, 15 January 2011 03:55 (fifteen years ago)

four years pass...

ok American Goldwing is super fun, i overlooked this hard due to the relative mediocrity of their other records

― ciderpress, Saturday, 28 February 2015 16:20 (ten years ago)

Is this the band that had the song about the mom yelling at the kid to help his grandfather with yard work ("he's 77/and you're 11")?

― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 28 February 2015 20:01 (ten years ago)

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