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
Hush Lane
What Becomes of Us
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
Wendy Colonna
No Moment But Now
Scotty Spears
Scottybilly
...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
The Century of Self
SAM SMITH
In The Lonely Hour
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