2006-02-07
A collection of shrewd pop music. Equal parts cynicism, disdain, hope and humor; self referential, self-mocking, sagacious and coy.Bejar’s Dylanesque flare for biting and sardonic wit and his nods to the glam and bombastic folk approaches of early Tyrannosaurus Rex and Bowie recordings have clearly distanced “Destroyer” from the more straightforward pop of his “other” band, “The New Pornographers.” -P
NO PLAY 1,3,5,6,7
BELL X1
Blue Lights on the Runway
The Helio Sequence
Keep Your Eyes Ahead
SPOOKIE DALY PRIDE
Medicine Chest
OF MONTREAL
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
THE FRESH & ONLYS
House of Spirits
Your Old Droog
Packs
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