It is fitting that ten seconds into Blitzen Trapper's fifth full-length record, front man Eric Earley utters that most sacred of rock 'n' roll tropes: "For to love is to leave or to run like a rollin' stone." As is the case with just about every musician or band that has employed the Blues' greatest simile - Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, Van Morrison, The Temptations, The Rolling Stones - Blitzen Trapper is unabashed in its embrace of tradition. Over the course of their four full-length albums to date, including their revelatory 2008 Sub Pop release Furr, the Portland band has already made that much clear. And, Earley's considerable poetic talents and his band's hard-earned chops have gained them a growing international audience. During two distant and brief breaks from the band's near-incessant touring for Furr - one in January 2009 and the other in January 2010 - Earley and a few of his bandmates entered the attic studio of the lauded Portland musician and studio engineer Mike Coykendall (Bright Eyes, M Ward, She & Him). The heart of Destroyer of the Void, though, is still found in Earley's meticulous songwriting. Here he is firmly in storyteller mode, expanding on the mythical world he created on Furr, creating a truly original American soundtrack.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Destroyer of the Void
2. Laughing Lover
3. Below The Hurricane
4. The Man Who Would Speak True
5. Love and Hate
6. Heaven and Earth
7. Dragon's Song
8. The Tree (feat. Alela Diane)
9. Evening Star
10. Lover Leave Me Drowning
11. The Tailor
12. Sadie