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2020 - Have We Met

2017 - ken

2015 - Poison Season

2011 - Kaputt

2008 - Trouble in Dreams

2006 - Destroyer's Rubies

2005 - Notorious Lightning and Other Works

2004 - Your Blues

2002 - This Night

2001 - Streethawk: A Seduction

2000 - Thief

1998 - City of Daughters

1997 - Ideas for Songs

1996 - We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge

1995 - Destroyer

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Vancouver, Canada

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Indie Pop

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1995 to Present...

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Destroyer - Kaputt
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Destroyer - Chinatown
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Destroyer - Blue Eyes
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Destroyer - Savage Night at the Opera
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Destroyer - Painter in Your Pocket

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Daniel Bejar is an independent pop singer-songwriter from Vancouver who formed Destroyer in 1995. He self-produced his first album, the lo-fi We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, which was recorded at his in home studio in Vancouver. As Bejar gained popularity within the Vancouver music scene, he was joined by John Collins on City of Daughters and Destroyer formally became a band. In 2000, the band broke up and Bejar took an extended vacation in Spain.

Following his brief break from Destroyer, he returned to Vancouver to release Thief in 2000. Interpreted by many critics as an indictment of the music industry, this album brought Destroyer significant recognition.

Following Thief's release, Bejar put more focus into his pop music, beginning his music contributions to The New Pornographers. After the 2001 release of Streethawk: A Seduction on Misra Records, Destroyer picked up something of a cult following. Having the band Frog Eyes play back-up for several shows inspired Notorious Lightning & Other Works, a reworking of six tracks from the previous album Your Blues with Frog Eyes once again as back-up.

Destroyer continued its sonic development with 2006's Destroyer's Rubies, 2008's Trouble in Dreams, the 2009 EP Bay of Pigs, and 2011's full-length Kaputt. On June 16, 2011, Kaputt was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award; the winner was subsequently announced as Arcade Fire for "Suburbs".

Destroyer's fourth EP "Five Spanish Songs" was produced by JC/DC and recorded at their studio in Vancouver. Dan Bejar writes: "It was 2013. The English language seemed spent, despicable, not easily singable. It felt over for English; good for business transactions, but that's about it. The only other language I know is Spanish, and the only Spanish songs I really know are those of Sr. Chinarro, led by Antonio Luque. I've been a decades-long fan of how he conducted his affairs, his strange words, his melodies that have always felt so natural (this is important), his bitter songs about painting the light. Something about them, I knew I could do it..."