Destroyer

Categories: Entertainment | Music | Rock | Indie
    • Record label: Merge
    • Hometown: Vancouver, BC
    • Bejar is also a member of Swan Lake and Hello, Blue Roses
    • Known for mysterious and poetic lyrics
    • Recorded their first album at Bejar's home in Vancouver
  • Destroyer is the moniker of Daniel Bejar, a Vancouver native also notable for his collaborations with the indie pop group The New Pornographers. Though Destroyer is essentially Bejar himself, he has said that the line-up organized for Destroyer's Rubies would be the solidified group going forward into future recordings. Their eighth album, Trouble in Dreams, was released in March 2008.
  • Style and Albums

    Early Destroyer albums had a distinctly lo-fi sound, mirroring the sound of 1990s mainstays Pavement and Guided By Voices. Their 2004 album, Your Blues, expanded their repertoire to include a fuller, more orchestral sound. This trend continued on 2006's Destroyer's Rubies, which took advantage of Bejar's popularity with The New Pornographers.
  • Trouble in Dreams

    The band's eighth album was released in March 2008 to favorable reviews. Entertainment Weekly calls Bejar "convincingly sensitive even at his most arch." Blender and Q magazines criticize the album for having muddied production and not expanding enough on the sound of previous albums.

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