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  MRG268CDCD  £12.00

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  MRG268LP2 x Long Player  £22.00
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  Double Vinyl

Label

Merge

Destroyer

Destroyer's Rubies

This is a reissue of Destroyer's 2006 release available worldwide on Merge for the first time Vancouver's Dan Bejar returns with his seventh fulllength under the moniker Destroyer As expected it's a thoroughly unexpected collection of clever pop music that takes no prisoners Destroyer's Rubies weaves a narrative of loves won and lost missed opportunities and artistic integrity familiar to Destroyer fans Bejar's Dylanesque flair for biting wit and his nods to the glamorous and bombastic folk approach of early TRex and Bowie distance Destroyer from the more straightforward pop of his other band The New Pornographers without sacrificing any of the tunefulness of that band's approach If you missed Merge's Record Store Day 2012 exclusive vinyl reissue of Destroyer's Rubies you can get it now although this one is on black vinyl This doubleLP includes the remastered album an exclusive 24minute bonus track titled 'Loscil's Rubies' and a full download of all of the songs Note that the bonus track is available digitally only through the download coupon included with this vinyl reissue

Tracklist

• 1. Rubies
  2. Your Blood
  3. European Oils
  4. Painter in Your Pocket
  5. Looters' Follies
  6. 3000 Flowers
  7. A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point
  8. Priest's Knees
  9. Watercolours Into the Ocean
  10. Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever