Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation (Sub Pop)

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Short at half an hour but packed full of crunchy, fun surprises - a Mariachi horn here, a clumsy abstract rhythm there. And yet it never strays far from sounding like beefy country rock.

It’s classic songwriting put through the mincer; Grateful Dead without the solos. They’re from Portland, Oregon, this is their first official release and it’s slamming.