{"id":66,"date":"2009-11-30T12:59:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T18:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=66"},"modified":"2009-11-30T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T18:59:24","slug":"blitzen-trapper-black-river-killer-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2009\/11\/30\/blitzen-trapper-black-river-killer-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Blitzen Trapper &#8211; Black River Killer EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-68\" title=\"blackriverkiller\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackriverkiller.jpg\" alt=\"blackriverkiller\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>This EP\u2019s namesake, one of the best tracks from last year\u2019s breakthrough, Furr, is given special treatment here and allowed to kick off a new batch of songs. While it proves worthwhile to revisit a fantastic track like \u201cBlack River Killer,\u201d that darkly whimsical tale of a killer who can\u2019t help but evade redemption, this EP feels a little thrown together and lacks the propulsive energy that made Furr so likable. Here, Blitzen Trapper show a willingness to branch out and expand their influences. \u201cPreachers Sisters Boy\u201d features a synth line that has to have been stolen from the Cars, but still sounds like more of the same. The mid-tempo \u201cGoing Down\u201d sees Blitzen Trapper starting to recycle their melodies, while \u201cShoulder Full of You\u201d could pass for one of Beck\u2019s more sentimental acoustic numbers. At this point, Blitzen Trapper appear to have settled on a formula that\u2019s worked quite well for them, but this EP leaves me wondering where they can go from here, whether they have the ability to take their classic rock Americana to the next level. (Sub Pop, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subpop.com\/\">www.subpop.com<\/a>)<strong> Jonathan Dyck<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This EP\u2019s namesake, one of the best tracks from last year\u2019s breakthrough, Furr, is given special treatment here and allowed to kick off a new batch of songs. While it proves worthwhile to revisit a fantastic track like \u201cBlack River Killer,\u201d that darkly whimsical tale of a killer who can\u2019t help but evade redemption, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}