Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies

nachdem ich "your blues" aus 2005 genießen durfte und dem stream zum neuen album erlag, weiß ich, destroyer wurden auch ganz speziell für mich erfunden. wer dies ebenfalls von sich behaupten mag, sollte vielleicht den kommentarsektor betreten und sich outen. "destroyer´s rubies" hat schon ein paar tage auf dem buckel, ich erbarme mich mit dieser vorstellung lediglich, um die wenigen unwissenden mit in den kreis der beseelten aufzunehmen.

"Destroyer’s Rubies is a collection of shrewd pop music that takes no prisoners and asks no pardons. Equal parts cynicism, disdain, hope and humor; self-referential, self-mocking, sagacious and coy. There is mythology here, there is history, there is heartbreak and there is triumph. Follow along as Bejar leaves his breadcrumb trail twisting through the crumbling forests and bleak landscapes of modern popular music. It’s all heady and ecstatic. Trust him, he has his reasons.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. But you can hear a few more colloquial pop hooks seeping into the formula here, just to sweeten the pot. Bejar himself claims that influences on Destroyer’s Rubies come from the works of Kevin Coyne, Kevin Åyers, Kevin Rowlands, Kevin Junior…pretty much anyone named Kevin.",
so heißt es auf merge records.

painter in your pocket
european oils

und was älteres: very modern dance (von der "streethawk: a seduction)