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Artist: Blitzen Trapper
Album: American Goldwing
Label: Sub Pop
Playtime: 37:44 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.lmgtfy.com/
Rip date: 2011-09-09
Street date: 2011-09-13
Size: 69.82 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 245 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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Blitzen Trapper's music went through various genres with each record, bouncing
from indie folk to art rock to experimental folk before settling into a rich,
dusty brand of Neil Young-inspired alt country. The band formed in 2000 in
Portland, Oregon, with songwriter Eric Earley leading a lineup that also
included Erik Menteer (guitar, keyboard), Brian Adrian Koch (drums, vocals),
Michael Van Pelt (bass), Drew Laughery (keyboard), and Marty Marquis
(keyboard, vocals). Before signing a record contract in 2007, the band
released three albums on its own dime: an eponymous effort in 2003, Field Rexx
in 2005, and the highly acclaimed Wild Mountain Nation in 2007. The latter
album landed the group a record deal with Sub Pop.
With Sub Pop's help, the group hit a creative peak with 2008's Furr, a
collection of 13 songs that found Blitzen Trapper boiling down its many
influences into a cohesive, unique Americana sound. The Black River Killer EP
followed in 2009, and the group spent part of that year working on a new
full-length release, which arrived one year later in the form of Destroyer of
the Void. When it came time to record the band's third Sub Pop release,
American Goldwing, Blitzen Trapper opened the studio doors to outside
collaborators for the first time, with Tchad Blake mixing the record and Gregg
Williams co-producing. Musically, though, the guys kept things entirely within
the family, reaching back to their '70s country and Southern rock influences
without losing their contemporary appeal.
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01. Might Find it Cheap ( 3:12)
02. Fletcher ( 3:27)
03. Love the Way You Walk Away ( 3:40)
04. Your Crying Eyes ( 3:01)
05. My Home Town ( 2:39)
06. Girl in a Coat ( 3:39)
07. American Goldwing ( 3:09)
08. Astronaut ( 4:05)
09. Taking it Easy Too Long ( 2:56)
10. Street Fighting Sun ( 4:39)
11. Stranger in a Strange Land ( 3:17)
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