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    First Listen: Blitzen Trapper, 'Wild And Reckless'

    The Portland band's ninth album is a sprawling, sumptuous testament to Weird America.
    by Jason Heller Oct 26, 2017 2 minutes
    Blitzen Trapper's <em>Wild and Reckless</em> is out Nov. 3.

    Tragic love, drug abuse, science fiction, and Americana: Blitzen Trapper managed to squeeze all that, and more, into their rock opera, , which was produced for the stage in their hometown of Portland, Ore., earlier this year. But that wasn't enough for frontman Eric Earley and crew. Taking seven of the songs from the play. But it stands on its own as a sprawling, sumptuous testament to Weird America.

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