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Concert Fri Jul 27 2007
Blitzen Trapper
I once proclaimed Blitzen Trapper the best unsigned band in America. I would have thought by now that this situation would be resolved. But the band self released their recent full-length record to a barrage of great press from the smallest blogs right on up to a rave from Pitchfork.
They still deserve your attention as they are one of the most creative and at time unsettling bands to appear in a long time. I say unsettling because the band is able to shift genre's from song to song and even within a song. For example, check out the electro-funk, Beck-like sounds of "Love I Exclaim" or the countrified southern rock of the title track, "Wild Mountain Nation", from their most recent release. Blitzen Trapper perform Saturday the 28th at The Empty Bottle.
(Edit: A reader emailed to say Sup Pop has signed Blitzen Trapper. It'll be awhile `til we see their Sub Pop debut though.)
[mp3]: Blitzen Trapper - "Wild Mountain Nation" (Via Pitchfork)
Bonus back catalog:
[mp3]: Blitzen Trapper - "Summer Twin"
[mp3]: Blitzen Trapper - "Love I Exclaim"