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- Summary: The fourth album for the Portland, Oregon group is the first on the Sub Pop label.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Alternative, Country
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| Furr | |
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| Yeah, when I was only seventeen I could hear the angels whispering So I drove into the woods And wandered aimlessly about Until I heard my mother... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 17 out of 21
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Mixed: 4 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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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.
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FilterFurr'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]
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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.
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Furr still finds Blitzen Trapper as a band that’s relentlessly restless, just one that’s purposefully that way.
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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.
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BlenderSinger-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]
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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.
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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DavidS.Sep 27, 2008
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MarkRNov 11, 2009Boring! I don't care how great the lyrics are if the music puts me to sleep.
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MarkS.Oct 1, 2008
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LuisC.Sep 30, 2008Great cd..sounds like neil young in outer space, with weird keyboard parts..like a toy keyboard..good stuff though.
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EricC.Nov 22, 2008Wild Mountain Nation may still be their best album, but my god, can they craft a great rock album.
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