Blitzen Trapper are about to transcend to that next level. To become that band that combines all that was good about Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead with all that was good about Neil Young and Pavement yet make it all completely their own and without taking too much from any one of those influences. They, along with some other talent based in the Pacific Northwest, are becoming the voices and creating the sounds that will likely define this type of music for this generation. Intelligent, heartfelt and free but with respect to those that have come before.