Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation Review
Blitzen Trapper came to my attention with good reviews and I really don’t know what made me decide to check them out but alas I did. Blitzen Trapper is out of Portland, Oregon a popular place for other indie bands which I don’t have time to discuss.
Blitzen Trapper is an experimental folk/country band which seems weird saying. Experimental folk/country? I found it hard one imagining what they would sound like or picturing myself liking them.
Putting on Wild Mountain Nation was pretty good from the start. I easily found things I liked and they have a pretty hard style in contrast to some soft/country moments. Unlike Black Mountain’s In The Future, this album actually proved to be very good as an album. There aren’t any major tracks on high repeat but I can sit through this one from start to end and say that was both pretty good and diverse without taking much away from from the transitioning of the album. I wouldn’t say I’m quite high on this album but it’s an amazing effort when looking deeper. There are tracks that has me tapping my feet and some great guitar riffs that makes this album rock.
I am having trouble writing this review but the basic jyst of this post is to say that Blitzen Trapper’s Wild Mountain Nation is great if you are looking for bands that are stepping outside boundaries but do it an effect where they aren’t overdoing it. A great great effort that deserves a 4.5 out of 5.
Here are some tracks I dug (even though I don’t enjoy them THAT much):
Futures & Folly by Blitzen Trapper
Wild Mountain Nation by Blitzen Trapper
Buy Wild Mountain Nation at: Insound/CD Universe/Amazon
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