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Destroyer - Trouble in Dream Review
3 May 2008, Allan @ 9:14 pm

I had this album for a long as it leaked very early on. I can probably count on one hand how many times I’ve been able to go through it. I decided to check out Destroyer after liking Dan Bejar work with the New Pornographers.

There is just something weird about the style of this album…I don’t know much about the rest of the discography but are his other records similar? I mean I heard good things but Trouble in Dream is one random piece of work.

One way of being random is that it’s usually hit or miss with people. I think it’s a miss with me but I’ll do my best to examine it as it’s more of me just my own brain rejecting the sum to all the parts.

Boring is definitely not a word I could use to describe the album. There’s always something there that you can like whether it’s the intro, composition or guitar melody. On the other hand sometimes it just feels like there’s too much or the song doesn’t turn out the way you want to. Destroyer is barely pop….at least with my definition but I’ll slap it with the generic experimental rock tag. There’s a lot to like this album will probably be great for some or just average for some. I personally like it when it’s kept rather complex and really structured (though others would hate it).

I feel like stopping the review here. If I listen to it for another 100 hours I could probably end up saying this is the album of the year but my brain is finding it difficult for whatever reason. I would probably have nightmares if I continued listening to this album. The composition is extremely odd and while it’s none of that explicitly annoying stuff…it manages to strike a chord.

Lyrically/vocally it doesn’t do much for me and it’s really the musical composition that makes this album great. Bejar has a kind of talkative type vocals and lyrically it may be alright but after awhile my main focus is hearing all the different guitar variations, even if it gets to me…it stands out.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Take this with a grain of salt. You’ll have to decided for yourself on this album, pretty hit or miss and not much for me to discuss unfortunately. One of those, I can’t really explain why I don’t like it but just do kind of thing.

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