- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Blitzen Trapper
Album: Destroyer Of The Void
Label: Sub Pop
Playtime: 45:50 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.subpop.com
Rip date: 2010-06-03
Street date: 2010-06-08
Size: 60.76 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 175 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
Holy fuck this is amazing. Happy 8th birthday FNT.
"It is fitting that ten seconds into Blitzen TrapperÆs fifth full-length
record, front man Eric Earley utters that most sacred of rock ænÆ roll
tropes: ôFor to love is to leave or to run like a rollinÆ stone.ö As is the
case with just about every musician or band that has employed the BluesÆ
greatest simileùMuddy Waters, Hank Williams, Van Morrison, the Temptations,
the Rolling StonesùBlitzen Trapper is unabashed in its embrace of tradition.
Over the course of their four full-length albums to date, including their
revelatory 2008 Sub Pop release Furr, the Portland band has already made that
much clear. And, EarleyÆs considerable poetic talents and his bandÆs
hard-earned chops have gained them a growing international audience. The
bandÆs continuing exploration of American music that spans from the æ60s folk
movement to the country sounds of the æ70s, to the pop balladry and prog rock
of the æ80s has earned it notice ranging from Rolling Stone magazine to
late-night network television to Yo Gabba Gabba, among a great many others.
Destroyer of the Void takes Blitzen Trapper one step further. But there is
more to Blitzen Trapper than those traditions. More than anything, the band
credits its music to its Pacific Northwest home. It is there that the six
members came together ten years ago and formed a creative cauldron. During
two distant and brief breaks from the bandÆs near-incessant touring for
Furrùone in January 2009 and the other in January 2010ùEarley and a few of
his bandmates entered the attic studio of the lauded Portland musician and
studio engineer Mike Coykendall (Bright Eyes, M Ward, She & Him). In addition
to his contributions, preternatural musical siblings Peter Broderick (Horse
Feathers, Efterklang) and Heather Woods Broderick (Efterklang) wrote the
albumÆs string arrangements, while folk standout Alela Diane lent her angelic
vocals to the duet ôThe Tree.ö The heart of Destroyer of the Void, though, is
still found in EarleyÆs meticulous songwriting. Here he is firmly in
storyteller mode, expanding on the mythical world he created on Furr,
creating a truly original American soundtrack."
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Destroyer Of The Void ( 6:17)
02. Laughing Lover ( 3:09)
03. Below The Hurricane ( 5:26)
04. The Man Who Would Speak True ( 3:07)
05. Love And Hate ( 3:23)
06. Heaven And Earth ( 3:43)
07. Dragon's Song ( 3:02)
08. The Tree (Feat. Alela Diane) ( 3:35)
09. Evening Star ( 3:42)
10. Lover Leave Me Drowning ( 3:26)
11. The Tailor ( 3:20)
12. Sadie ( 3:40)
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