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Vinyl LP pressing. In the hallowed Destroyer discography, the early trinity of City Of Daughters, Thief and Streethawk A Seductionholds an important place; for not only does it document Dan Bejar's evolution from lo-fi bedroom tyro to bona fide master of the rock album, it also contains a massive percentage of superlative Destroyer Inchclassics.Inch 1998's City of Daughters features some of the first steps out of the demo-tapey experimentation of earlier recordings, with songs like InchComments On The World As WillInch refining the sound of that stripped-down earlier work, and the seminal InchNo Cease FiresInch offering us the first taste of just what a full-band Destroyer might conjure. 2000's Thief naturally went further down that road, and from the opening strums of InchThe TempleInch to the arty quirk of InchQueen of LanguagesInch to the gentle, jagged comedown of the title track, it soon became clear that Bejar was a master of a singular songcraft - and one that was only just getting started. Album Tracks 1. Destroyer's the Temple 2. To the Heart of the Sun on the Back of the Vulture, I'll Go 3. The Way of Perpetual Roads 4. Canadian Lover/Falcon's Escape 5. City of Daughters 6. Every Christmas 7. Mercy (We Had the Right) 8. Queen of Languages 9. I.H.O.J 10. In Dreams 11. Death on the Festival Circuit 12. M.E.R.C.I 13. Thief
