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The Minnesota band’s latest LP Alpenglow elevates their “Midwestern Gothic” sound. BACK IN THE early spring of 2003, on April 4th to be exact, a trio of musicians took the tiny stage at Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake in Duluth, Minnesota. What was meant as a casual gathering of friends to shoo away the cold weather blues — with guitar, mandolin, banjo, and their voices — evolved into a live act for the ages: Nearly two decades later, Trampled by Turtles have released their ninth studio album, Alpenglow.
“There’s always been this sense in our band that if you put your heads down and focus on doing it the best that you can — playing the shows the best that you can, playing your instruments the best that you can,” Berry says, “then good things will come from that.”
This time, that good result is Alpenglow, a record that pairs Trampled by Turtles with Jeff Tweedy as producer. The Wilco frontman took the band under his creative wing.
While Wilco broke new ground for rock and country music in its own ways and means, Trampled is clearing new trails for acoustic and roots acts, redefining the sonics of the string-music world.
