blitzen trapper

Wild & Reckless was born from the stage production that Blitzen Trapper spent the better part of a year producing….a terrific album. “The wind don’t always blow and the sun don’t always shine”, sings Earley on the closing track, but the weather report here is just fine.

Blitzen Trapper have released a video for their track, The Tree, which features Alela Diane and is taken from their latest album, Destroyer of the Void. Watch it now.

The weekends have always been about chillin’ and relaxing, taking some time out, enjoying your freedom! Or at least that’s how I remember them from many moons ago. Here’s some Frukie goodness to help you along or to recover from the night before: Blitzen Trapper, one of my favourite tracks – Black River Killer

Portland, Oregon sextet Blitzen Trapper released their fifth LP Destroyer of the Void this week. Following on from predecessor Furr (2008) and the Black River Killer EP (2009) their latest is again released on Sub Pop. The recording took place in an attic studio in the Januarys of 2009 and 2010, where frontman Eric Earley and bandmates worked alongside studio engineer Mike Coykendall (Bright Eyes, M Ward) to create their …

Sub pop release Blitzen Trapper’s latest album, Destroyer of the Void, on 8th June. It is fitting that ten seconds into Blitzen Trapper’s fifth full-length record, front man Eric Earley utters that most sacred of rock ‘n’ roll tropes: “For to love is to leave or to run like a rollin’ stone,” he sings in the harmonized verse that leads off the album’s epic title track, “Destroyer of the Void.”