Singer Eric Earley double-tracks himself with as much personality as his reedy voice can muster, but there's a ringer somewhere in the Blitzen Trapper's pack of guitarists-- some Guitar Center regional manager bending notes with optimal precision, lifting these songs to more authentic peaks.
All of them demand equal attention on a dizzyingly sequenced album. Compared to their previous albums, Wild Mountain Nation has a newfound and audible confidence. It's the work of an assured band who can not only treat genre like so much fingerpaint, but brave enough to play it straight for a minute-- not as an empty exercise, but a chance to aspire.
Closing tracks "Country Caravan" and the western slowpoke "Badger's Black Brigade" are chummy and unpretentious sing-alongs, and while the former comes a little too close to the Eagles for comfort, it's only because of its fantastically broad but contagious melody. The home run, though, is the title track, conjuring up easy freedom-rock images and Last Waltz montages, but forget nostalgia and influence for just a moment: The whole song swings, the guitars bend as proudly and woozily as teenagers with stolen six-packs, and on every clear enunciation and careful slur, you can hear Earley's grin.
But as diverse as it is, and as joyous as it is, Wild Mountain Nation just has songs worth coming back to. Jazz Latin New Age.
Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. Romantic Sad Sentimental. Sexy Trippy All Moods. Drinking Hanging Out In Love. Introspection Late Night Partying. Rainy Day Relaxation Road Trip. Romantic Evening Sex All Themes. Articles Features Interviews Lists.
Streams Videos All Posts. My Profile. Advanced Search. Track Listing. Devil's A-Go-Go. I am drawn now to the stranger songs on the album. Or is this more evidence of guitar virtuosity? Wild Mountain Nation , I have made a new discovery. When I listen to you with headphones, the subtleties of your sound are writ large. Exactly how many slide guitars do you employ? How novel! Must I find some fault with this album? I must and I will. Why must this be the exception, and not the rule?
How should I proceed? Blitzen Trapper, you romance my senses. We traipse merrily from snowboarding exhibition to drug-induced hallucination. Here, an excursion with a brash country maiden.
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