364. Destroyer - your blues

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originally uploaded by jrd550.

I hate musicals - most of them, and I am not crazy about theatre, therefore everything about this album should annoy the hell out of me, but it doesn't, unless of course I am forced to watch an interpretive dance of it. Destroyer's 'Your Blues' plays like a one man show, in full costume, with its fair share of spoken word and dramatic strings and cymbals. I think that what saves the album from being complete camp is that it reigns you back in with a solid pop foundation that like a good bass line isn't always noticed unless it isn't there. The fact that he is a New Pornographer helps too.

6.5 out of 10