Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon

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-based experimental alternative country

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/folk

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 band signed to Sub Pop Records. Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a sextet

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, 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

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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

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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...

External links

• Blitzen Trapper's official website
• Blitzen Trapper's artist page on Sub Pop Records' website
• Blitzen Trapper collection at the Internet Archive
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