Destroyer - Thief

Vinyl LP pressing. In the hallowed Destroyer discography, the early trinity of City Of Daughters, Thief and Streethawk: A Seductionholds an important place; for not only does it document Dan Bejar's evolution from lo-fi bedroom tyro to bona fide master of the rock album, it also contains a massive percentage of superlative Destroyer "classics." 1998's City of Daughters features some of the first steps out of the demo-tapey experimentation of earlier recordings, with songs like "Comments On The World As Will" refining the sound of that stripped-down earlier work, and the seminal "No Cease Fires" offering us the first taste of just what a full-band Destroyer might conjure. 2000's Thief naturally went further down that road, and from the opening strums of "The Temple" to the arty quirk of "Queen of Languages" to the gentle, jagged comedown of the title track, it soon became clear that Bejar was a master of a singular songcraft - and one that was only just getting started.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Destroyer's the Temple
2. To the Heart of the Sun on the Back of the Vulture, I'll Go
3. The Way of Perpetual Roads
4. Canadian Lover/Falcon's Escape
5. City of Daughters
6. Every Christmas
7. Mercy (We Had the Right)
8. Queen of Languages
9. I.H.O.J
10. In Dreams
11. Death on the Festival Circuit
12. M.E.R.C.I
13. Thief