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Blitzen Trapper is an alternative country artist from Portland, Oregon formed in 2000. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Country · Portland, Oregon · Best alternative country albums
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Blitzen Trapper
2003 · 11 tracks
Hello Hallelujah
Single · 2024
Planetarium
EP · 2024
Cosmic Backseat Education
Single · 2024
Millions of Billions
Single · 2023
Proud Mary (Instrumental)
Single · 2023
Cheap Fantastical Takedown
Single · 2023
Magical Thinking
Single · 2020
Masonic Temple Microdose #1
Single · 2020
Dead Billie Jean
Single · 2020
Hazy Morning
EP · 2020
Wild and Reckless
Single · 2017
Dance with Me
Single · 2017
Rebel
Single · 2017
Black River Killer
EP · 2009
Blitzen Trapper's music went through various genres with each record, bouncing from indie folk to art rock to experimental folk before settling into a rich, dusty brand of Neil Young-inspired alt-country. The band formed in 2000 in Portland, Oregon, with songwriter Eric Earley leading a lineup that also included Erik Menteer (guitar, keyboard), Brian Adrian Koch (drums, vocals), Michael Van Pelt (bass), Drew Laughery (keyboard), and Marty Marquis (keyboard, vocals). Before signing a record contract in 2007, the band released three albums on its own dime: an eponymous effort in 2003, Field Rexx in 2005, and the highly acclaimed Wild Mountain Nation in 2007. The latter album landed the group a record deal with Sub Pop. With Sub Pop's help, the group hit a creative peak with 2008's Furr, a collection of 13 songs that found Blitzen Trapper boiling down its many influences into a cohesive, unique Americana sound. The Black River Killer EP followed in 2009, and the group spent part of that year working on a new full-length release, which arrived one year later in the form of Destroyer of the Void. When it came time to record the band's third Sub Pop release, American Goldwing, Blitzen T…
