Blitzen Trapper loves Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara loves Blitzen Trapper. SOhO is a frequent stop of the band’s highly active touring schedule, and on Wednesday, November 11 they will be gracing the SOhO stage again, this time to show off their new album, Across This Land.
When one hears the name Blitzen Trapper, they can’t help but think of the sounds of nostalgia, sweet, sweet nostalgia. Blitzen Trapper gets this description quite a lot and they’re not shy about it – if anything, they seem to embrace it. Take their new music video for lead single, “Across This Land.” The video features a woman in an old hippie van from the 1960’s with Blitzen Trapper performing live in the back. As they drive along the dusty desert highway, the woman puts a Blitzen Trapper 8-track into a tape player, a clear symbol for their fondness of simpler times.
“It’s good to go into the past to a certain extent, it gives you the ability to look forward,” singer Eric Earley said. “It’s just sort of funny, I mean it’s an 8-track, none of those are even installed anymore.” He laughed. “Although everyone does seem to be into vinyl lately.”