Blitzen Trapper
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Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

-based experimental alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

/folk
Folk music
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 band signed to Sub Pop Records. Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a sextet
Sextet
A sextet is a formation containing exactly six members. It is commonly associated with vocal or musical instrument groups, but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related objects are considered a single unit....

, with Eric Earley (guitar/vocals), Erik Menteer (guitar/keyboard), Brian Adrian Koch (drums/vocals), Michael VanPelt (bass), and Marty Marquis (guitar, keyboards, vocals). Blitzen Trapper self-released its first three albums. "Wild Mountain Nation" was #98 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
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's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.

Blitzen Trapper released its third album, Wild Mountain Nation, in 2007 to much critical acclaim from critics such as Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
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, The Nerve, and Spin Magazine. The group signed to Sub Pop Records in the summer of 2007.

The release of Furr
Furr
Furr, released in 2008, is the fourth album by Blitzen Trapper. The album was listed at #13 on Rolling Stones 50 Best Albums of 2008, and the title track made #4 on Rolling Stones 100 Best Singles of 2008...

 in 2008 was a high-water mark for the group as their eclectic new songs received a two-page feature in Rolling Stone. The album was ranked #13 on Rolling Stones Best Albums of 2008 while the title track was ranked #4 on the magazine's Best Singles of 2008.

Writing

Bandleader Eric Earley, who began playing music at the age of three, writes most of the band's music.

Studio albums

Year Title Label
2003 Blitzen Trapper Lidkercow Ltd.
2004 Field Rexx Lidkercow Ltd.
2007 Wild Mountain Nation
Wild Mountain Nation (album)
Wild Mountain Nation is a 2007 album by Blitzen Trapper. The album was honoured as "Best New Music" by Pitchfork Magazine, receiving a rating of 8.5 out of 10.Sub Pop Records describes the album as such:-Track listing:...

Lidkercow Ltd. / Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

 (UK)
2008 Furr
Furr
Furr, released in 2008, is the fourth album by Blitzen Trapper. The album was listed at #13 on Rolling Stones 50 Best Albums of 2008, and the title track made #4 on Rolling Stones 100 Best Singles of 2008...

Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

2010 Destroyer of the Void
Destroyer of the Void
-Track listing:# "Destroyer of the Void" - 6:17# "Laughing Lover" - 3:09# "Below the Hurricane" - 5:26# "The Man Who Would Speak True" - 3:07# "Love and Hate" - 3:23# "Heaven and Earth" - 3:44# "Dragon's Song" - 3:02# "The Tree" -Track listing:# "Destroyer of the Void" - 6:17# "Laughing Lover" -...

Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

2011 American Goldwing
American Goldwing
American Goldwing is an album by Blitzen Trapper that was released on September 13, 2011 on Sub Pop Records. On July 7, 2011, the album's title track was released for download on Sub Pop's website.-Track listing:All songs written by Eric Earley....

Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...


EPs

Year Title Label
2008 Cool Love #1 Lidkercow Ltd.
2009 Black River Killer Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...


7" Singles

Year Title Label
2009 War is Placebo Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

2011 Maybe Baby Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...


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