Led by songwriter Eric Earley, Oregon’s Blitzen Trapper have been making cosmic American music for two decades. Touring in support of their latest album, 100s of 1000s, Millions of Billions, they recently brought their psychedelic brand of country-rock to the Black Cat for an enthusiastic audience. 

The show harkened back to earlier days when shows were often later, with doors opening at eight, opening act Molly Parden playing at 8:45pm and Blitzen Trapper taking the stage at 10pm. They started with one of their new tunes, “Cosmic Backseat Education.” They spaced the songs from the new album throughout their set: the spooky “Dead God of the Green Arising” followed a cover of Gillian Welch’s “Miss Ohio,” for which they were joined on vocals by Parden. “Planetarium” and “Hello Hallelujah” came toward the end of the evening.