Blitzen Trapper's 2010 album, Destroyer of the Void, sounds like one of the best albums of the year—that year being 1971. But seriously... Destroyer of the Void is a fine collection of tuneful country and art rock that seems like it will grow on you over time (not that it doesn't transmit fairly immediate pleasures, but one senses that its proliferation of subtle details will become richer the more you play it). Blitzen Trapper have leveraged their sumptuous vocal arrangements and brazen song dynamics into elaborate tapestries of sound, like some unlikely Crosby Stills & Nash/Queen collaboration. (Note: "Evening Star" is, unfortunately, not a Fripp/Eno cover.) by Dave Segal