Compared to their previous albums, Wild Mountain Nation has a newfound and audible confidence. It's the work of an assured band who can not only treat genre like so much fingerpaint, but brave enough to play it straight for a minute-- not as an empty exercise, but a chance to aspire.  Full text...

On their new album, the members of Blitzen Trapper unfurl their flag and plant it deep into new territory. It's a lawless country where styles and influences roam like the fabled deer and antelope: the disjointed but mathematical riffing of opener "Devil's A-Go-Go"; the Big Star balladry of "Summer Town"; and the mock Southern rock of the infectious title track. It's an intoxicating and playful mix of extremes, a kindred spirit of Olivia Tremor Control's indiscriminating love of sugary '70s AM pop and noisy experimentation.  Full text...

Simply Delightful.  Full text...

Wild Mountain Nation is an album that certainly keeps to the aliens' precept of "Change Things Up." The sound of the album never gets stale as it is constantly changing.  Full text...

Wild Mountain Nation's twists, turns and outright genre-obliterating spasms are enough to make even an adult's head spin if you're not careful. It's underground idiosyncrasies at their best -- all weirdness and no pretense -- but may have all the mind- and reality- warping powers to blast a kid's brain pan.  Full text...