Blitzen Trapper: American Goldwing – review

(Sub Pop)This Portland, Oregon, band's sixth album aims to evoke a "true American nostalgia", which entails fusing lyrics about good old boys and high school dances with lashings of Lynyrd Skynrd, 1970s vintage Tom Petty, banjos, harmonicas and the occasional yee-haw. However, where earlier albums took old-fashioned influences and remoulded them into something fresh, most of the songs here are mere rehashes. American Goldwing isn't bad, and the vintage Americana feel is painstakingly achieved, b...

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