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
Peter, Bjorn, & John
Writer's Block
WE ARE AUGUSTINES
Rise Ye Sunken Ships
EL PERRO DEL MAR
Pale Fire
RADIO 4
Stealing of a Nation
NUTTIN BUT STRINGZ
Struggle From the Subway to the Charts
DJ SUN
One Hundred
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