Destroyer - Kaputt (2011, Merge Records)
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I know Dan Bejar mostly from his other band, the so called "Canadian power-pop super group" The New Pornographers. That's not to say that I have not heard of Destroyer. I have previously listened to his most recent albums, Trouble in Dreams and Rubies, and Thief was on my best of 2000 list (which sadly has never been published on this blog). Destroyer released the Bay of Pigs EP way back in 2009. "Bay of Pigs" is the last song on this album. Dan Bejar has, in essence, built two years of hype for this album. Kaputt delivers on that hype in every way. It is a record that manages to encapsulate a feeling of nostalgia, while feeling new and creative at the same time. It is already one of the best albums of a young 2011.
