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Why did it take us so long, as a nation, to produce a good song about being raised by wolves? I think we’ve all been there: the frowned-upon nudity, the hankering for raw meat, learning to “own” our opposable thumbs - and yet all Springsteen gives us is Jersey, love, and the mill closing down. Well, don’t worry: Blitzen Trapper has finally taken care of it, and they’re also working hard to bring back the Twisted Sister angular nesting hair-metal font that was in danger of disappearing from the music scene altogether.
I brought in the last Blitzen Trapper album, Wild Mountain Nation, to a fine and well-respected DJ; he had already heard and passed on it. I liked the Grateful Dead-y sound of the title track, but I wasn’t surprised: Wild Mountain Nation was not an album to get behind. Still, to hear their latest, Furr
Albums like Wild Mountain Nation are frustrating and common if you’re in the business of combing through promos; it has promise, you can see why they were signed, but it’s just not quite there. In fact that’s the most common one word review I would write on promo CDs: “Almost.” Wild Mountain Nation was an almost, but Furr is a definitely.