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Your Blues

Destroyer · 2004

46 min · 12 tracks · pop rock

A melancholic exploration of longing and introspection wrapped in lush, orchestral pop arrangements.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • steady melodic introspection
  • melancholic reflections on love
  • in-order listening for immersion
  • lush arrangements for emotional depth

Maybe skip if you want

  • prefer upbeat, fast-paced tracks
  • want standalone hit singles

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2004, 'Your Blues' is Destroyer's fifth studio album and marks a significant shift in Dan Bejar's songwriting style. Following the critically acclaimed 'This Night', this album showcases a more contemplative and orchestrated sound, setting the stage for Bejar's subsequent artistic evolution.
Stylistic neighbors
The New Pornographers· Spoon· Wolf Parade

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Notorious Lightning 5:57
  • 2 It's Gonna Take an Airplane 3:41
  • 3 An Actor's Revenge 2:57
  • 4 The Music Lovers 4:22
  • 5 From Oakland to Warsaw 3:11
  • 6 Your Blues 2:57
  • 7 New Ways of Living 4:23
  • 8 Don't Become the Thing You Hated 2:13
  • 9 Mad Foxes 4:45
  • 10 The Fox and the Hound 3:23
  • 11 What Road 3:57
  • 12 Certain Things You Ought to Know 4:25

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