Strange guys, that Blitzen Trapper. The band name, that crazy album title ('destroyer of the void') and the cover with a four-eyed bull and two crocodiles: you expect to hear a second-rate Motörhead, but how different this record is. Destroyer Of The Void is an exciting album that brings back fond memories of top records from the late sixties and early seventies. The zealous ambition, eccentricity
… and pop feeling that drove artists like David Bowie, Roxy Music and The Beatles seems to have settled in Portland, Oregon 35 years later. Because these Americans are not only retro-fetishists, but also full-blooded Anglophiles. Blitzen Trapper seems to have come out of a time machine. That's okay, the layered songs and instrument control make up for a lot.more
