Blitzen Trapper ready Furr

By Alex Young on July 18th, 2008

After a rather hectic 2007 which saw the self-release of Wild Mountain Nation and some pretty extensive touring, Blitzen Trapper certainly earned themselves some down time. However, after signing with Sub Pop, the Portland natives instead spent much of the last few month hitting up a few high-profile events and recording their fourth studio album.

Entitled Furr, the band’s first full length release on Sub Pop, will hit music stores on September 23. As alluded in the artwork, like most of the band’s most recent material, the new album will feature a rough, worn sound…

One key to this new material was an ancient, warped piano that appeared in the hallway one day at Sally Mack’s School of Dance and which was subsequently muscled into the group’s studio. Though out of tune and missing teeth, this piano became the warhorse upon which [Eric] Earley wrote and recorded much of Furr. The beast has gone away to the landfill now, but you can still hear the clacking and clattering of its rickety skeleton in songs like “Not Your Lover” and “Echo.”

In addition to the upcoming release, Blitzen Trapper has a number of upcoming tour dates, which include a number of appearances at some of summer’s latter music festivals.

Check Out:
“Furr” by Blitzen Trapper (via)
“40 Stripes” (Blitzen Trapper Cover) by The Quiet Ones (feat. Michael McDonald)

Furr Tracklist:
01 Sleepytime in the Western World
02 Gold for Bread
03 Furr
04 God & Suicide
05 Fire & Fast Bullets
06 Saturday Nite
07 Black River Killer
08 Not Your Lover
09 Love U
10 War on Machines
11 Stolen Shoes & a Rifle
12 Echo/Always On/EZ Con
13 Lady on the Water

Blitzen Trapper 2008 Tour Dates:
07/19 - San Francisco, CA @ Download Festival
07/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Download Festival
08/30 - Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia Festival
09/01 - Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
09/05 - Portland, OR @ Musicfest NW
09/10 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux
09/11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
09/13 - Morrison, CO @ Monolith Festival