Destroyer Kaputt (2-LPs)

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Bejar's lyrics are sad-poet spirals, glancing off politics, sex, drugs and music, and packed with perfect New Wave laments..."
Ranked #42 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Long-running indie sage Dan Bejar makes his grand 1980s yacht-rock statement."
"Bejar writes dreamy tone poems, obsessively repeating phrases until they become unlikely mantras."
"[I]ts shimmering synths and moody soft rock would be the perfect soundtrack to a romantic urban noir." -- Grade: A-
Ranked #31 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[With] highly manicured homages to the brainier end of '80s New Pop: Scritti, Talk Talk, Prefab Sprout et al."
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Frontman Dan Bejar has never hesitated to wink at his listeners lyrically, but KAPUTT expresses equal slyness via gratuitous saxophone and trumpet solos."
"[R]ichly complex....The kitsch in the egg-shaker beats, each smooth-jazz horn flourish -- it's all pageantry."
Billboard (p.28) - "KAPUTT continues Bejar's winning streak and is an early contender for indie-rock album of the year."
Paste (magazine) - "These songs find inspiration in a musical moment decades in the past, when noir lite jazz offered the world processed drums, sculpted synths, fretless bass, gauche backing vocals, and smooth sax, all set to languid tempos and deceptively laidback songwriting."