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Late last year, the Portland, OR-based Blitzen Trapper released Wild & Reckless, a new album born of their staged musical of the same title and also a companion to their 2008 breakthrough album Furr. Today, the band shared an official video for "Dance With Me," before the band embarks on a run west coast tour dates followed by an extensive European tour. Find a full list of tour dates below and at the band's website.
Watch the DANCE WITH ME video here!
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Wild and Reckless is now available for purchase via iTunes, Amazon, and their website.
NPR Music premiered the album in its entirety as a First Listen and called it "a sprawling, sumptuous testament to Weird America." Wild & Reckless has been embraced by Consequence of Sound, Entertainment Weekly, Glide Magazine, Rolling Stone Country, and The New York Times, who said "Missing Tom Petty? He lives on in Blitzen Trapper's 'Wild and Reckless,' an accomplished slice of classic rock that unabashedly sounds like Mr. Petty singing a Springsteen song with the Heartbreakers' California guitars and a harmonica intro from Neil Young."
The Associated Press reviewed the album and said, "Musically, the band feels right at home in the Americana neighborhood they fully moved into on their previous album - "All Across This Land" from 2015. The influences of Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan are easy to spot but there are also echoes of Stan Ridgway and J.J. Cale in some of the grooves." AllMusic called the album "A nostalgia-driven cautionary tale of corruption, drugs, heartbreak, and science fiction -- think Bonnie and Clyde meets Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
Paste Magazine premiered the official video for "Joanna" and said, "The video for 'Joanna' offers a stark, handheld-camera tour around an ominous rural yard, where a man lays dead in the dewy grass as Earley recounts his heroine's story of pain and uneasy redemption."
Blitzen Trapper is Eric Earley (songwriter/singer), Erik Menteer (guitar, keyboard) Brian Adrian Koch (drums, vocals), Michael Van Pelt (bass) and Marty Marquis(keyboard, vocals). Wild & Reckless was produced by Eric Earley and Michael Van Pelt and was recorded by Gregg Williams at the Trench, in Portland, OR. It was mixed by James Brown (Foo Fighters, Kings Of Leon, Blitzen Trapper's All Across This Land) at The Union.
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Tour Dates:
February 16th: San Jose, CA - The Ritz
February 17th: Costa Mesa, CA - The Wayfarer
February 19th: Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
February 20th: Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
February 22nd: Austin, TX - Antone's
February 24th: Dallas, TX - Three Links
February 26th: Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
February 27th: Denver, CO - The Bluebird Theater
February 28th: Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep
March 1st: Fort Collins, CO - Washington's
March 2nd: Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
March 3rd: Park City, UT - O.P. Rockwell
April 4th: Middelkerke, Belgium - De Zwerver
April 5th: Amersfoort, Netherlands - Flour
April 6th: Haarlem, Netherlands - Roots of Heaven
April 7th: Hengelo, Netherlands - Heartland Festival
April 8th: Venlo, Netherlands - Down By The River
April 9th: Bristol, United Kingdom - The Fleece
April 10th: Glasgow, United Kingdom - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
April 11th: Leeds, United Kingdom - Brudenell Social Club
April 12th: London, United Kingdom - Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
April 14th: Genk, Belgium - Little Waves
April 15th: Groningen, Netherlands - De Oosterpoort
April 16th: Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
April 17th: Kristianstad, Sweden - Kulturkvarteret
April 18th: Oslo, Norway - John Dee
April 20th: Stockholm, Sweden - Bryggarsalen
April 21st: Göteborg, Sweden - Pustervik
April 22nd: Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
April 23rd: Berlin, Germany - Lido
April 24th: Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island
April 25th: Schorndorf, Germany - Club Manufaktur
April 27th: Carpi, Italy - Mattatoio
April 29th: Barcelona, Spain - La Nau
April 30th: Valencia, Spain - Loco Club
May 1st: Madrid, Spain - El Sol
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