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Can a group produce an album that is to clever for its own good? Listen to the title track and opener to "Destroyer of the void" by Blitzen Trapper a bunch of experimental folk rock troubadours from Portland the "green" capital of the US and you wonder if this is all a bit too smart and knowing. But listen again and you realise its a sort of folk rock equivalent of "Bohemian Rhapsody" sounding on times like a cross between the Fleet foxes, the Beach boys and Grateful Dead. At 6 minutes plus you will probably hate it on a first listen but it does grow and grow which is the general experience you will have as you invest further time into very fine album by a very fine band.
Other highlights include the truly gorgeous and lavish piano ballad "Heaven and Earth" with a tender vocal by the bands singer Eric Earley which emotes restrained passion. "Dragon song" is very well constructed pop song that again draws upon some Crosby, Stills and Nash flavourings, "Love and Hate" is a much heavier rock beast starting off with some classic riffery and a much gritter vocal performance. A particular favourite must be the duet with the brilliant Adela Diane on "The Tree" a gentle "countryish" song which has echoes of the best of Sir Macca's guitar ballads, while the "The Man Who Would Speak True" would have Bob Dylan nodding in approval at the style and lyrical content of a great song.
"Destroyer of the Void" is far from perfect and sometimes you wish the band could more accurately capture on record the power of their live performances, similarly in an attempt to move away form "yet another alt country" album some of the experimentation works but other parts fall a little flat, but that after all is the reality for people who are prepared to take risks. For those new to this great band please check out a couple of songs from their previous album "Furr", namely the title track and the very droll murder ballad "Black River Killer" which was one of 2009's best songs.It will be a nice point of entry to an album that is undoubtedly the product of some very clever and innovative musicians and who fully understand the concept of producing an aural delight.
Other highlights include the truly gorgeous and lavish piano ballad "Heaven and Earth" with a tender vocal by the bands singer Eric Earley which emotes restrained passion. "Dragon song" is very well constructed pop song that again draws upon some Crosby, Stills and Nash flavourings, "Love and Hate" is a much heavier rock beast starting off with some classic riffery and a much gritter vocal performance. A particular favourite must be the duet with the brilliant Adela Diane on "The Tree" a gentle "countryish" song which has echoes of the best of Sir Macca's guitar ballads, while the "The Man Who Would Speak True" would have Bob Dylan nodding in approval at the style and lyrical content of a great song.
"Destroyer of the Void" is far from perfect and sometimes you wish the band could more accurately capture on record the power of their live performances, similarly in an attempt to move away form "yet another alt country" album some of the experimentation works but other parts fall a little flat, but that after all is the reality for people who are prepared to take risks. For those new to this great band please check out a couple of songs from their previous album "Furr", namely the title track and the very droll murder ballad "Black River Killer" which was one of 2009's best songs.It will be a nice point of entry to an album that is undoubtedly the product of some very clever and innovative musicians and who fully understand the concept of producing an aural delight.
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It can often seem deprecating or discrediting to say that one specific album or musical style is similar to or influenced by another; contrariwise, it is often said that imitation is the best form of flattery (albeit as a back-handed compliment). Before listening to "Destroyer of the Void" I had only heard Blitzen Trapper's "Black River Killer", which I thought to be a very fine example of folk-rock with a heavy bluegrass influence. What I did not expect, when I played Destroyer of the Void, was the sound and style that characterised this album; the title song, a masterpiece in it's own right could have come straight from an early Genesis album and been sung by Peter Gabriel, or even Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour.
The influences of the late 1960s and early 1970s run through this album, making this album automatically nostalgic and new (yes, it's quite a contradiction); the styles and influences of so many musicians, including Genesis (Peter Gabriel Era), Pink Floyd, Free, Aerosmith, Cream, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and the Beatles, can all be found on this album, all of which have been tempered with Blitzen Trapper's own dark, intense musical and lyrical presence.
Blitzen Trapper intrigue me, compel me and tease me like very few bands of late have; they adopt and adapt styles without plagiarising others or losing what is, essentially, who they are. This album, as dark and as deep as it can be, is just so much fun to listen to. It is all too easy to dissect and analyse any art form, but the first and foremost purpose has always been to be appreciated for its aesthetic qualities.
All I am left to say is that it is a pity I only had five stars to vote with.
The influences of the late 1960s and early 1970s run through this album, making this album automatically nostalgic and new (yes, it's quite a contradiction); the styles and influences of so many musicians, including Genesis (Peter Gabriel Era), Pink Floyd, Free, Aerosmith, Cream, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and the Beatles, can all be found on this album, all of which have been tempered with Blitzen Trapper's own dark, intense musical and lyrical presence.
Blitzen Trapper intrigue me, compel me and tease me like very few bands of late have; they adopt and adapt styles without plagiarising others or losing what is, essentially, who they are. This album, as dark and as deep as it can be, is just so much fun to listen to. It is all too easy to dissect and analyse any art form, but the first and foremost purpose has always been to be appreciated for its aesthetic qualities.
All I am left to say is that it is a pity I only had five stars to vote with.
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I only came across this album after a track was 'inadvertently' played on BBC Radio 2 by Stuart Maconie a few months ago. Wow - what a great collection of tracks and some really diverse sounds, but the title track, Destroyer of the Void, blew me away. A real hippie-dom hark back to the late sixties / early seventies. Love it!
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