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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

Destroyer: Kaputt

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On January 25, 2011, “Merge” and “Dead Oceans” labels released “Kaputt”, the ninth Destroyer album. It was recorded 2008 – 2010, at “JC/DC Studios” in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was produced by John Collins and David Carswell.

Personnel:

  • Dan Bejar – vocals, guitar, tambourine, piano
  • Nocolas Bragg – lead guitar
  • Ted Bois – keyboards, cover photography
  • Joseph Shabason – saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • JP Carter – trumpet
  • John Collins – bass
  • Joshua Wells – drums
  • Sibel Trasher – vocal
  • John Collins – engineer
  • Cady Bean-Smith – design

Track listing:

  1. Chinatown
  2. Blue Eyes
  3. Savage Night at the Opera
  4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker
  5. Poor in Love
  6. Kaputt
  7. Downtown
  8. Song for America
  9. Prelude (Estuary)
  10. Nagel’s Marimba
  11. The Laziest River
  12. Palm Springs Life
  13. Landing on Water
  14. Bay of Pigs (Detail)

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: 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