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''Furr'', released in 2008, is the fourth
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Blitzen Trapper Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon-based experimental country/ folk/ rock band associated with Sub Pop Records, Vagrant Records, Lojinx, and Yep Roc. Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a quartet, with Eric Earley (guitar/harmon ...
. The album was listed at #13 on ''
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''s 50 Best Albums of 2008, and the title track made #4 on ''
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''s 100 Best Singles of 2008. Music videos were made for the album's two singles, "Furr" and "Black River Killer". Robin Pecknold of the band
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes are an American indie folk band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2006. The band currently consists of Robin Pecknold (vocals, guitar), Skyler Skjelset (guitar, mandolin, backing vocals), Casey Wescott (keyboards, mandolin, backin ...
responded to the track "Lady On the Water" enthusiastically: "it's a beautiful and woozy folk song. Eric Earley is a supergenius and it's so wonderful to hear folk music that's not just 'folk' because of the quaint acoustic instruments as is sometimes the case these days. I think a proper folk song needs to be instructive and entertaining, in the sense that the melody has its own captivating logic, I think a good folk song is like a machine, all elements perfectly calibrated, and this song is the Large Hadron Collider, smashing things together to get to the bottom of the universe." On September 14, 2018,
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released a 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ''Furr'' with an extra disc of bonus tracks recorded around the time of the 2008 ''Furr'' sessions and tour. Two were live radio recordings of songs from the original ''Furr'' album. Three tracks, “War and Placebo,” “Booksmart Baby” and “Maybe Baby,” came from previous
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singles. Seven others had never been publicly released. This extended edition's booklet included an interview with Eric Earley conducted by actor
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Track listing

All songs written by Eric Earley


Critical reception

Critical response to the album was overwhelmingly favorable. ''Rolling Stone'' gave ''Furr'' four out of five stars and called it "an engaging album full of rootsy beauty." ''
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'' found it to be "a perfect fall soundtrack rife with woodsy imagery." ''
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'', in an article recommending what to exchange unwanted Christmas gifts for, said the album was "part harmony-laden tambourine jangle, part
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guitar charm, and fully worth braving brutal return lines at the mall."Greenblatt, Leah" (January 9, 2009), "Holiday Gift Swap".'' Entertainment Weekly''., (1029):62-63


References

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