Black River Killer

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Black River Killer
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ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
Genre Alternative country
Length17:32
Label Sub Pop
Blitzen Trapper chronology
Furr
(2008)
Black River Killer
(2009)
Destroyer of the Void
(2010)
Professional ratings
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Metacritic 68/100 [1]
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Black River Killer is an EP by American band Blitzen Trapper, released on August 25, 2009. It features previously released track "Black River Killer" from their 2008 album, Furr, as well as 6 songs previously unreleased. [8]

The 12" version was released on October 6, 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Earley.

No.TitleLength
1."Black River Killer"3:28
2."Silver Moon"2:46
3."Going Down"2:22
4."Shoulder Full of You"2:17
5."Preacher's Sister's Boy"1:58
6."Black Rock"1:57
7."Big Black Bird"2:47

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References

  1. http://www.metacritic.com/music/black-river-killer-ep/blitzen-trapper
  2. Consequence of Sound review
  3. NOW magazine review
  4. Under the Radar review
  5. Contact Music review
  6. MusicOMH review Archived September 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. PopMatters review
  8. "Sub Pop Records : Blitzen Trapper : Black River Killer". Subpop.com. 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2012-01-16.