Destroyer — Trouble In Dreams

If Dan Bejar's discography is any indication, 2008 is year one of Destroyer's usual four-year plan, which goes like this: Official release, soundtrack or EP, official release, year off. Check it out. It's uncanny — he's skipped every fourth year since 1996 (mind you, two of the hiatus years saw the release of New Pornographers records).

Anyway, at the risk of sounding trite, Trouble In Dreams is yet another brilliant cog in Bejar's peculiar oeuvre. It's getting to the point where the man can't make a wrong turn. The weirdest thing about Trouble In Dreams is that it sounds like Bejar's being backed by Arcade Fire. That's a compliment, because with so many bands trying to rip off the Montreal collective, nobody seems to have matched the template as efficiently as Bejar has here. Just listen to "My Favourite Year" and tell me you can't imagine Win Butler singing over it. Look, there's almost no point in reviewing Bejar anymore. You should just concede that three years out of four, you're buying a Destroyer album.

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