Destroyer
Trouble In Dreams
Merge
2008
Rating: 8 eccentric Canadians out of 10
I was recently having a conversation with a friend about how Destroyer is pulling a reverse T-Rex...Marc Bolan started out all folky, some of the original “freak folk” stuff really, but slowly T-Rex morphed into a rock band over their last few records. Destroyer is going the opposite route – Dan Bejar really made his name off of earlier upbeat glam rock albums like “Thief” and “Streethawk: A Seduction”, but his last couple of offerings, this record included, have mined a more delicate territory. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, just different, and it isn't universal of the entire record – stand-out track “The State” really gets amped up in the most perfect Destoyer-like way, a testament to the melding of glam and noise in all the right ways.
I might not point to this record as a starting point for folks interested in seeing what the fuss is about behind Destroyer (see the earlier mentioned records), but it's still a very good listen and no doubt a release that will see a lot of air time on my stereo.
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