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American Goldwing

Blitzen Trapper

American Goldwing

Sixth studio album from the Portland, Oregon alt country / indie rock sextet

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Sub Pop
UK Release date
19/09/2011
US Release date
13/09/2011
  1. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    A set of accomplished and delicately crafted songs
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  2. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Another pound of American grain-fed beef with an extra large serving of glossy harmonies and crunchy guitars
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  3. 7.8 |   Paste Magazine

    They may be well within their comfort zone, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable
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  4. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    A lively, fun ride from start to finish
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  5. 7.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    For a band that’s already accomplished so much, it’s hard to fault them for taking a step back to showcase their smooth, fluid songwriting; sardonic wit; and savvy instrumental prowess
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  6. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Earley’s songs may adhere to a certain formula, but that formula works wonders on American Goldwing
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  7. 7.0 |   DIY

    This is music to drink cold beer to on a hot night
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  8. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A solid effort from a band that has only been together for a decade, and has already put out some amazing records
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  9. 6.5 |   Prefix

    Blitzen Trapper are damned good at what they already know, which makes American Goldwing solid. The trouble here is what we know: that they're capable of more
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  10. 6.0 |   Uncut

    American Goldwing's free-wheeling charms are hard to resist. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   The Fly

    Merely good throughout when it should really be excellent
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  13. 6.0 |   Blurt

    They fall somewhere within that '70s landscape that straddles dusty country, electric folk and boogie rock
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  14. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Earley has Jeff Tweedy's bed-headed wonderment, and every steel guitar filament or harmonica blast is perfectly placed
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  15. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    American Goldwing isn’t bad, but it's not particularly exciting when you consider the band’s usual standards
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  16. 5.4 |   Pitchfork

    There's no adventure here, no real wanderlust
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  17. 5.0 |   Bowlegs

    Playing at being an exceptional bar band is being a bar band nonetheless, and Blitzen Trapper can be so much more than that
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  18. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    American Goldwing sounds like a band in a rut
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  19. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    Where earlier albums took old-fashioned influences and remoulded them into something fresh, most of the songs here are mere rehashes
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  20. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    Much of American Goldwing is a little overproduced and nondescript
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  21. 4.0 |   The Observer

    Goldwing is just too canonical to tell us anything novel about either heartland or heart
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