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troutman · 04-23-2009, 09:22 AM

I select in the Wildcard category, DESTROYER'S RUBIES by DESTROYER (2006):

Vancouver's Dan Bejar band (New Pornographers). His voice is an acquired taste for many, but I like it. The lyrics are non-sensical, but the word-play is fantastic. The guitar playing is great. The verses are nearly spoken, and the choruses are la la la. One of my favorite records.

The 6th highest rated record of 2006 at metacritic.

http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2006.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer%27s_Rubies

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:39fyxqudldke

Bejar's imagery is as impenetrable and volatile as ever — "Dueling cyclones jackknife/They got eyes for your wife and the blood that lives in her heart" — but musically, he's forged a solid enough foundation to ground it. Part of Bejar's charm comes from his innate ability to balance sadistic verse, music geek grandstanding, and bawdy refrains with enough major seventh chords to score a full season of Brady Bunch segues — "A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point"'s pre-chorus crescendo declares "Those who love Zeppelin will eventually betray Floyd/I cast off those couplets in honor of the void" before exploding into "I pictured heaven on earth made of clay, as your form dictated." Rubies is heavy on pop craft, with standout cuts like "European Oils," "3000 Flowers," and the manic title track echoing 2005's "Broken Breads" and "Streets of Fire," but it's more than just the art-house theater to the Pornographers' Twin Cinema, it's the absinthe-drunk projectionist reveling in the sheer hedonism of it all.

http://www.jezburrows.com/modern/

The first print in the series is a lyrical and statistical undressing of Destroyer's 2006 album Destroyer's Rubies: an epic, swaggering triumph of drunken mystery-pop, masterminded by Dan Bejar (also of The New Pornographers and Swan Lake).

European Oils:
http://www.vimeo.com/654390

Rubies:
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Destroyer/track/Rubies

04-23-2009, 09:22 AM	#1007
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	I select in the Wildcard category, DESTROYER'S RUBIES by DESTROYER (2006): Vancouver's Dan Bejar band (New Pornographers). His voice is an acquired taste for many, but I like it. The lyrics are non-sensical, but the word-play is fantastic. The guitar playing is great. The verses are nearly spoken, and the choruses are la la la. One of my favorite records. The 6th highest rated record of 2006 at metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2006.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer%27s_Rubies http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:39fyxqudldke Bejar's imagery is as impenetrable and volatile as ever — "Dueling cyclones jackknife/They got eyes for your wife and the blood that lives in her heart" — but musically, he's forged a solid enough foundation to ground it. Part of Bejar's charm comes from his innate ability to balance sadistic verse, music geek grandstanding, and bawdy refrains with enough major seventh chords to score a full season of Brady Bunch segues — "A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point"'s pre-chorus crescendo declares "Those who love Zeppelin will eventually betray Floyd/I cast off those couplets in honor of the void" before exploding into "I pictured heaven on earth made of clay, as your form dictated." Rubies is heavy on pop craft, with standout cuts like "European Oils," "3000 Flowers," and the manic title track echoing 2005's "Broken Breads" and "Streets of Fire," but it's more than just the art-house theater to the Pornographers' Twin Cinema, it's the absinthe-drunk projectionist reveling in the sheer hedonism of it all. http://www.jezburrows.com/modern/ The first print in the series is a lyrical and statistical undressing of Destroyer's 2006 album Destroyer's Rubies: an epic, swaggering triumph of drunken mystery-pop, masterminded by Dan Bejar (also of The New Pornographers and Swan Lake). European Oils: http://www.vimeo.com/654390 Rubies: http://www.ilike.com/artist/Destroyer/track/Rubies Last edited by troutman; 04-23-2009 at 10:02 AM.