So you think that Blitzen Trapper is a little too “low brow” for you, huh? Well, Poindexter, take a look at this excerpt that I just stumbled across from the recent edition of Allman Bros. Quarterly, which TMT gets delivered directly to its headquarters in Keokuk, Iowa:
‘…has been a socio-cultural topic of great debate in recent scholarly journals of repute whether or not a semiotic can be said to “exist” on the topic of whether or not Sub-pop shamble-rockers Blitzen Trapper were, if I may invoke a little context here, “born a ramblin’ band.” However, if one can assume that their fathers were, to keep in the Allman spirit of things, Georgian gamblers “who ended up on the wrong end of a gun” and that they themselves were born in the back of several respective Greyhound buses that were, in point of fact, “rollin’ down hi-way 41,” then I dare say that we’ve got proof on our hands that the Blitzen boys are probably pretty used to life on the tour bus.
‘Now, if we take as an assumable fact the band’s insistence that they are “tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best that [they] can,” coupled with our argument established above that Blitzen Trapper collectively possesses an innate predilection for travel, movement, and the like (as evidenced by lyrics from their forthcoming June 8 opus Destroyer of the Void), we cannot help but arrive at a two-fold conclusion about the band’s “nature.” A) Blitzen Trapper will (nay, must) continue to play shows throughout the spring and summer, be they as close-to-home as Quincy, California’s High Sierra Music Festival, or as far-flung as European festivals like ATP among the likes of fellow Allman School Ecclesiastics Pavement. And B) the members of Blitzen Trapper are heretofore obligated to begin each declarative statement with an invocation of “the Lord,” who will then seemingly function as a kind of witness and interpreter to the band’s (now increasingly credible) professions of faith. E.g: “Lord, we was born a ramblin’ band.” “Lord, I could sure go for a thickburger from Hardee’s right about now.” “Lord, I have to take a shit real bad.” “Lord, I couldn’t hold it.” “Lord, this van smells fucking awful.” “Lord, I fucking think I’m gonna…”’
See? I told you: nothing but class in that band.
05.15.10 - Minehead, UK - ATP UK
05.17.10 - London, UK - Borderline
05.18.10 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli
05.19.10 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
05.20.10 - Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
06.02.10 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Concert House
06.03.10 - Missoula, MT - The Palace
06.04.10 - Bozeman, MT - The Filling Station
06.06.10 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
06.07.10 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
06.09.10 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
06.10.10 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
06.13.10 - Charlotte, NC - Casbah at Tremont Music Hall
06.14.10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06.15.10 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre
06.16.10 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
06.18.10 - Lancaster, PA - TBA
06.19.10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel Club
06.20.10 - Cincinnati, OH - TBA
06.21.10 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
06.22.10 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
06.24.10 - Aspen, CO - TBA
06.27.10 - Albuquerque, NM - TBA
06.28.10 - Phoenix, AZ - TBA
06.29.10 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
07.01.10 - Quincy, CA - High Sierra Music Festival
07.02.10 - Quincy, CA - High Sierra Music Festival
• Blitzen Trapper: http://www.blitzentrapper.net
• Sub Pop: http://www.subpop.com
