Record Store Day is coming up on April 18, and I was reading a list of artists who are contributing, and saw Blitzen Trapper listed as having a 7" out that day, but no other information. Matt, can you confirm/deny, and give us some details? Thanks!
Record Store Day
Band Member
Yo, the 7" is a couple of older recordings, both rad songs: War is Placebo b/w Booksmart Baby. The A side was part of the abortive Waking Bullets record, B side was recorded as part of something Earley ended up calling "Wooden Dress and Dresser Set", the same source as Going Down and Shoulder Full of You off the tour EP.
Awesome, I always knew the song as War, and you are right Marty, it is rad. Looking forward to Booksmart Baby, wondering if I have that tucked away somewhere. Thanks for consistently putting out new material, building up quite a discography in a short time!
Trapper Team
PS: This is what it looks like:
Truly a thing of great beauty. Sub Pop did a great job on these. Also, they come with download vouchers for both of the tracks.
Oh my God Matt, that is gorgeous! Totally can't wait to pick that up, make sure Reckless Records in Chicago has it.;)
I had not heard of the band before, but liked the name. In the spirit of Record Store Day, I took a chance and boy did it pay off. Not only is it a beautifully looking record, I love the music as well. The free digital download voucher is a great bonus. Way to go BT and Subpop!
-Mike
Picked this up yesterday, and it has without a doubt the two best songs I grabbed that day. I love this band.
Both songs are absolutely brilliant. Is it too early to request their inclusion in the Pitchfork fest setlist?
I was really thrilled to find this at Reckless on Saturday, they were sold out at the other place I went to! Looks great, sounds great, proud to own it. Thanks BT!
Yup, nabbed this at Easy Street on Saturday, apparently Sonic Boom sold out pretty quickly. LOVE it. How amazing is the color on that baby? The songs, obviously, are ace.
Is there any way we could get the lyrics for these tunes? I couldn't find them anywhere on the internets.
dvp - you don't shop at House of Records in Eugene? It's an old house they turned into a record store, each room has different stuff in it. It's pretty cool. I drive down from Albany every now and then. I've come across some sweet finds there. Bootleggs, hard to find stuff in general, some very nice older original vinyl, I always find more stuff than I have money for.
The last time I was there I found the Built To Spill Caustic Resin 10' EP, I had only seen it before on Ebay. I've also got some very cool Queens of the Stone Age bootleggs and Import compilations I had never seen. And the help seems pretty cool, no attitudes, that I've noticed anyway...
Has anyone seen copies of these "Record Store Day" albums still in record stores at all?
On April 18th I BARELY remembered it was happening until like the last second. Only thing I was able to score was MMJ's "Celebración De La Ciudad Natal"
I'm sure I could hit up eBay, but j/w if it would be as easy as popping into some store downtown and checking it out.
Trapper Team
Unfortunately I'm told all of these are sold out in stores. So I guess eBay wins out this time. :P
