Destroyer

Add Date: January 18 

Artist: Destroyer 

Album: Kaputt 

Label: Merge 

Genre: Rock, pop 

Comments: Has Destroyer made a dance record? Well, almost. As of late, Dan Bejar (whom you just might recognize from his work alongside Carl Newman and Neko Case in The New Pornographers) has been toying around with electronica--in particular on the 2009 Bay of Pigs EP, which label Merge described as "Destroyer's first foray into the ambient disco market"--and for his latest full-length, some of those sounds seep in to Bejar's '70s-inspired pop.

If Destroyer's music could warrant even further comparisons to David Bowie, they're going to pour in once people hear Kaputt. I certainly have no problem with that, and I doubt that Bejar would either. Start with "Savage Night at the Opera" and "Chinatown."