Los Angeles – Just this past October, Blitzen Trapper released the studio album, All Across This Land to much critical acclaim with Entertainment Weekly hailing it “bigger, synthier, warmer,” and Uncut Magazine claiming it was “an infectious country rocker that deserves to be an enormous hit.” Following in the album’s footsteps, the band just released a three track EP for second single “Mystery and Wonder” that also includes a live version of “Let The Cards Fall” recorded on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and a very special cover of “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow.”
Recorded specifically for end credit use in the critically acclaimed second season of FX’s Fargo, frontman Eric Earley notes, “Got asked to do a version of Man of Constant Sorrow like it was the theme to a 70′s cop show. No problem, just tried to channel my inner Rockford Files…” Check it out here:
In celebration of the EP’s release, Blitzen Trapper is excited to share the official music video for the title track “Mystery and Wonder” which Clash called “stirring, gently anthemic but with an undercurrent of melancholy.” See for yourself here:
In true road warrior fashion, Blitzen Trapper will be performing at NPR’s Mountain Stage this Sunday followed by a very short break before crossing the pond to tour continental Europe. Today the band is announcing a southeastern US run of headlining dates in March following their European tour. Dates go on sale Saturday, and can be found below.
Blitzen Trapper on tour:
1/17 Morgantown, WV – Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre – NPR Mountain Stage
2/06 Brussels, Belgium- Le Botanique
2/07 Brighton, UK – The Hope & Ruin
2/08 London, UK – The Lexington
2/10 Amsterdam, Netherlands- Paradiso Grote Zaal
2/11 Genk, Belgium- C-Mine
2/12 Njmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
2/13 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Noord
2/14 Hamburg, Germany- Hafenklang
2/15 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset
2/16 Aarhus, Denmark – Atlas
2/17 Gothenburg, Sweden – Putervik
2/18 Oslo, Norway – The Crossroad Club
2/19 Lund, Sweden – Mejeriet
2/20 Berlin, Germany – Privat Club
3/9 Chattanooga, TN – Revelry Room
3/10 Charleston, SC – Charleston Pourhouse
3/14 Athens, GA – 40 Watt
3/15 Greenville, SC – Independent Public Alehouse
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Blitzen Trapper has crafted one of the more compelling and varied catalogs in contemporary rock and roll. Indeed, singer and guitarist Eric Earley, who is also the Portland, Oregon-based band’s primary songwriter, is possessed of a musical and lyrical sensibility that is remarkably deep and wide; big ideas and universal emotions are wrung from the seemingly plainspoken details of small-screen and often highly personal stories, and set to music that reaches way, way back to old-timey folk and bluegrass, travels through everything from country, psychedelia and soul to prog, garage and metal, indulges gloriously in the classic rock of the 70s and 80s, and makes occasional side trips into hip-hop, skewed pop and noisey freakouts.
Photo by Jason Quigley
