I can't really say that i like any of the other Destroyer albums, nor do i necessarily like The New Pornographers, but this album is really very good. it's one of the ones that comes with a pretty heavy feeling of a certain time. this time it simultaneously reminds me of a former Philadelphia apartment of mine as well as a car drive to my grandparents house for Thanksgiving. that's what comes to mind visually at least. but yeah, i've tried in the past, to listen to other Destroyer albums since i've always liked this one so much, but they're not really the same. there's even a newer one from a year or so ago which is also not as good. i don't know, i think that there's some kind of cohesive feeling through all of these songs (and i don't just mean something that i feel on a personal level, but rather a connection between the songs to themselves) this album is a pretty interesting thing lyrically, with lines like 'You disrupt the world's disorder just by virtue of your grace, 'Endangered Ape, a couple years in Solitary never really hurt anyone', 'I gave my cargo to the sea/i gave the water what it always wanted to be', as well as multiple references to a priest and multiple women and relationships. i feel like i can't really keep up with what's trying to be said, so i always just kind of take that for what it is. but musically this record is incredible. it has crummy distortion and a grand piano. there's a balance between something done in a very lo-fi way and something done in a theater. it's a strange kind of pop music that is recognizable in European Oils or Your Blues, though there's something in pretty much any song that's catchy enough to stay with you for a while. one of the best is the nine and a half minute opening song, which also encompasses the overall ambiance by telling some kind of knightly tale in a sort of backwards way but also staying musically impressive. this one comes out of the vaults annually as well.
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