Blog: LocalCut

Black River Killer (Sub Pop) [FUZZY AMERICANA] When Blitzen Trapper released its Sub Pop debut, Furr, last year, the title track turned a lot of new ears toward the band. There's a reason for that: "Furr" finds frontman Eric Earley channeling his inner Dylan to deliver a twisted coming-of-age narrative with a killer hook. The song wasn't a departure for Blitzen Trapper so much as a clear-eyed distillation of the group's folkiest works. Taken as a whole, the disc—true to BT's track record—was a curious gumbo of influences both electric and [...]