aaamusic | On 23, Aug 2011

BLITZEN TRAPPER

NEW ALBUM ‘AMERICAN GOLDWING’

OUT SEPTEMBER 12TH 2011

(SUB POP RECORDS)

www.blitzentrapper.net ● www.subpop.com

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Blitzen Trapper are back with their sixth studio album, ‘American Goldwing’. Released on September 12th through Sub Pop Records, it see’s the Portland-based five-piece take us on a journey across the American highways, through dusty paths and along endless stretches of road accompanied by heartfelt lyrics and ultimate rock’n’roll swagger.

Following on from their 2010 album ‘Destroyer of the Void’ and ‘Furr’ in 2008, ‘American Goldwing’ is full of the introspective and striking storytelling that countless critics have fallen in love with.

Considering subjects ranging from falling in love to drug running good old boys and the final high school dance, ‘American Goldwing’ is a freewheeling collection that balances the roughness of rock ‘n’ roll with fateful heartfelt loss.

“It’s me trying to evoke a true American nostalgia” explains lead singer and songwriter Eric Earley.

“My vision and focus while writing our new album was on the inescapable past” Eric adds. “It’s about those feelings of being trapped in a small town. That fine line between the rural and the suburban settings that define much of America, that line between love and loss that occurs when you find yourself taking it too easy and sticking around a lonesome town for far too long.

“American Goldwing is us letting our loves and early influences hang out for all to see. We entered into the sounds we grew up with – the hard guitar rock and country picking of our younger years mixed with glimmers of our usual space-aging technology and pawn shop Casios. Heavy guitar riffs and blasting drum fills live side-by-side with plucking banjos, wailing harmonicas and muddy slide guitars. The earthiness of these songs will make you want to get loaded and get in a fight, or find a girl and fall in love forever, simultaneously.”

Since the release of ‘Furr’, Earley went from being homeless to playing Coachella festival, touring with Wilco, Stephen Malkmus and appearing on Conan O’Brien. Whilst they were touring ‘Furr’, Earley wrote the songs for ‘Destroyer of the Void’ and after its release, they had a collective break and returned to Portland to spend their days hanging out and drinking.

During this time off, Earley ended up writing all of ‘American Goldwing’ and recording most of it in six months before heading off to tour ‘Destroyer of the Void’. An appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show followed alongside playing to their biggest ever crowds at Lollapalooza, and now ‘American Goldwing’ gets its place in the spotlight.

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