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Destroyer: Destroyer’s Rubies

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On February 21, 2006, “Merge” label released “Destroyer’s Rubies”, the seventh Destroyer studio album. It was recorded May – July 2005, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, acoustic and rhythm guitar, tambourine
  • Nicolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – piano, organ
  • Tim Loewen – bass
  • Scott Morgan – drums, baritone saxophone
  • Fisher Rose – vibraphone, trumpet
  • David Carswell – recording, mixing
  • John Collins – recording, mixing
  • Jamie Sitar – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bejar.

  1. Rubies
  2. Your Blood
  3. European Oils
  4. Painter In Your Pocket
  5. Looter’s 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

Cub: Betti – Cola

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On October 1, 1993, “Mint” label released “Betti-Cola”, the debut Cub studio album. It was recorded in 1993, in Olympia, Washington, and “CBC Television”.

Personnel:

  • Lisa Marr – vocals, bass
  • Robynn Iwata – guitar, back-up vocals
  • Valeria Fellini – drums, back-up vocals
  • Neko Case – drums
  • Dave Carswell – drums, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel
  • Dan DeCarlo – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Lisa Marr, Robynn Iwata, Valeria Fellini, Neko Case and Dave Carswell.

  1. Go Fish
  2. What The Water Gave Me
  3. Motel 6
  4. A Party
  5. Flying Carpet
  6. My Chinchilla
  7. Electric Chair
  8. Nicolas Bragg
  9. Pretty Pictures
  10. They Don’t
  11. A Picnic
  12. It’s True
  13. Someday
  14. Cast A Shadow (Beat Happening cover)
  15. The Day We Met
  16. Surfer Girl (Beach Boys cover)
  17. Little Star
  18. My Assassin
  19. Tell Me Now (Daniel Johnston cover)
  20. Lucky 7-inch
  21. Through My Hoop
  22. Leapfrog
  23. Backwoods (Windwalker cover)
  24. What The Water Gave Me (NFA covers Cub)

Destroyer: Labyrynthitis

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On March 25, 2022, “Merge Records” and “Bella Union” labels released “Labyrinthitis”, the thirteenth Destroyer studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by John Collins.

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, synthesizer, guitar
  • John Collins – bass, synthesizer, guitar, drum programming, mixing
  • Nicolas Bragg – guitar
  • David Carswell – guitar
  • Ted Bois – piano, synthesizer, photography
  • Joshua Wells – drums, percussion
  • JP Carter – trumpet
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Sydney Hermant – cover painting
  • Daniel Murphy – design

Track listing:

  1. It’s in Your Heart Now
  2. Suffer
  3. June
  4. All My Pretty Dresses
  5. Tintoretto, It’s for You
  6. Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread
  7. It Takes a Thief
  8. The States
  9. The Last Song

Destroyer: Have We Met

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On January 31, 2020, “Dead Oceans” label released “Have We Met”, the twelve Destroyer album. It was recorded in 2019 and was produced by John Collins.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, synthesizer
  • Nicolas Bragg – guitar
  • John Collins – bass, synthesizer, drum programming, granular synthesis, mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Maegan Hill-Carroll – front and back cover photos, design

Track listing:

  1. Crimson Tide
  2. Kinda Dark
  3. It Just Doesn’t Happen
  4. The Television Music Supervisor
  5. The Raven
  6. Cue Synthesizer
  7. University Hill
  8. Have We Met
  9. The Man in Blak’s Blues
  10. Foolssong

Destroyer: Poison Season

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On August 28, 2015, “Merge” label released “Poison Season”, the tenth Destroyer (Dan Bejar) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Dan Bejar and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Daniel Bejar– vocals, MIDI, mixing
  • Ted Bois – piano, Roland D50
  • Tyson Naylor – DX-7, piano
  • Nicolas Bragg – electric guitar
  • David Carswell– acoustic and electric guitars, MIDI, mixing
  • Dylan Palmer – contrabass
  • John Collins– bass
  • Josh Wells – bongos, congas, drums, percussion
  • JP Carter – effects, trumpet
  • Joseph Shabason – flute, saxophone
  • Jesse Zubot – violin, viola, arranger, editing, string mixing
  • Rebecca Whitling – violin
  • Henry Lee – viola
  • Peggy Leo – cello
  • Stefan Udell – string arrangements
  • Dave Graham – engineer
  • John Raham – editing, engineer, string mixing
  • Erik Nielsen – assistant engineer
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering
  • Maggie Fost – design
  • Fabiola Carranza – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Dan Bejar.

  1. Times Square, Poison Season I
  2. Dream Lover
  3. Forces From Above
  4. Hell
  5. The River
  6. Times Square
  7. Archer on the Beach
  8. Midnight Meet the Rain
  9. Solace’s Bride
  10. Bangkok
  11. Sun in the Sky
  12. Times Square, Poison Season II