"When I'm at war I insist on slaughter and getting it on with the hangman’s daughter": Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies

The seventh album from Dan Bejar's Destroyer will be released on Merge Records tomorrow Feb. 21st. Destoyer's Rubies receieved an 8.5 and was placed into Pitchfork's Best New Music section today. Many of you will recognize Bejar more from his involvement in the New Pornographers than from the previous Destroyer albums...and I have to admit I am neophyte to Bejar's work outside the confines of A.C. Newman's troupe. In his review for P'fork Matt Lemay said: "Dan Bejar's vocals are, like many of his indie contemporaries, yelpy and dramatic, and many of his lyrics seem preordained to serve as mp3 blog headers." Accordingly, I decided to nab the title for this very post from "European Oils". The lyrics are unquestionably the focal point of the album and they are often intricate, witty, and bare an apparent Dylan influence (esp. "Dangerous Woman Up To A Point, A").

I plan on downloading the remainder of the album (5 tracks) from Emusic tomorrow (i assume it will be available on the website on the official release date), but below I've posted my favorites of the tracks I've attained thus far.

For fans of The New Pornographers, The Decemberists, & The Shins.


Tracklist:
1. "Rubies"
2. "In Your Blood"
3. "European Oils"
4. "Painter In Your Pocket"
5. "Looters' Follies"
6. "3000 Flowers"
7. "Dangerous Woman Up To A Point, A"
8. "Priest's Knees"
9. "Water Colours Into The Ocean"
10. "Sick Priest Learns To Last Forever"




Read Pitchfork's review of the album here.

Buy the album here.



Posted by: Matt