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Furr
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 21 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 13 votes
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Album Info
Label: Sub Pop
Release Date: 23 September 2008
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Indie, Country, Alternative
Summary
The fourth album for the Portland, Oregon group is the first on the Sub Pop label.
Also By This Artist: Black River Killer [EP] Wild Mountain Nation
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The Onion (A.V. Club)
The Neil Young and Beatles influences are laid bare, the quirkiness is now more tuneful than cerebral, and the band has surrendered to the basic human craving for candied country melodies.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
Blitzen Trapper are no longer talented jacks-of-all-trades, but a master of one, and Furr is proof that this already-great band gets even better as they define themselves more specifically.
Read Full Review >Filter
Furr's tight structures and stripped bones soar. Not that they've abandoned that record's ["Wild Mountain Nation"] sonic spectrum entirely; there's plenty of buried headphones treasures throughout, and they still steal gleefully from your parents' best records. [Fall 2008, p.92]
Paste Magazine
There’s no room for filler here; momentum carries on and roams wide but never eases.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
Furr is the work of an assured band that are in confident command of their craft.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
Their determination to leave no musical stone unturned means Furr is substantially more fun than is normally expected from Dylan-loving Americans with an affection for facial hair.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
Furr is a brilliant and hard-earned combination of ambition and craft, two qualities albums rarely have at the same time in the oversaturated age of ProTools.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Blitzen Trapper's first release for Sub Pop doesn't just improve upon the promise of WMN, it expands its sonic horizons as well, narrowing the mixtape glee that fueled its predecessor with just enough maturity to lend it considerable weight.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
Throughout the album, Blitzen keep their songs highly tuneful, making Furr a breakthrough worthy of toasting with a microbrew, or several.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle
Blitzen Trapper's fourth album and Sub Pop debut delivers a more polished, coherent vision while not sacrificing the Portland sextet's vividly eclectic contortions through alt-folk and garage rock.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
Furr still finds Blitzen Trapper as a band that’s relentlessly restless, just one that’s purposefully that way.
Read Full Review >Billboard
Furr is a more consistent body of work, a perfect fall soundtrack rife with woodsy imagery.
Read Full Review >Spin
The band's freak-out, slacker glam jams return, but it's Earley's comparatively focused alt-country side that impresses.
Read Full Review >Blender
Singer-guitarist Eric Earley accesses the haunted Americana Wilco nailed on "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," with big nods to mid-'60s Bob Dylan, early-'70s Neil Young and the country Grateful Dead. [Oct 2008, p.78]
Delusions of Adequacy
While there isn’t anything as blisteringly heavy as 'Woof & Warp of the Quiet Giant’s Hem,' as gritty and grimy as 'Miss Spiritual Tramp,' or even as trippy and psychedelic as 'Hot Tip/Tough Cub,' there is still plenty to love on Furr.
Read Full Review >Dusted Magazine
It’s good where it has to be good and it hits the notes it’s supposed to, but other than that it’s tough to find Furr inspiring in any way, especially with such a specifically backwards-looking strategy employed.
Read Full Review >Magnet
Enjoying Furr, then, depends entirely on your ability (or willingness) to ignore the heavy footprints of familiar musicians.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
They’ve topped up every track with so many hooks and contemporary indie rock clichés that their new songs sometimes go right past catchy into corny.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
There's enough diverse material here and in the past to build your own army of darkness. [Fall 2008, p.74]
Slant Magazine
Furr is country-chic posturing that works from a distance: as twangy background music for those elites who watch their politics on MSNBC.
Read Full Review >Tiny Mix Tapes
To the band’s credit, the album does warm-up to the listener with consecutive listens, but Blitzen Trapper will have to play some reputable live shows in order to distinguish themselves from the indie rock masses.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Eric C. gave it an8:
Wild Mountain Nation may still be their best album, but my god, can they craft a great rock album.
Mark S. gave it a9:
Psychedelic frontier rock that hits all the right spots better than the average Joe six-pack on a weekend when he feels like being the most generous of lovers.
Luis C. gave it an8:
Great cd..sounds like neil young in outer space, with weird keyboard parts..like a toy keyboard..good stuff though.
David S. gave it a10:
What it lacks in urgency compared to Wild Mountain Nation it more than makes up with a country/rock solid sound throughout. Give Furr time to grow on you.
