streethawk: a seduction (destroyer)
It feels strange to review a Destroyer album for this yearly project because it's one of the bands I know better, one of the key musical presences of my college years. And I listened to this particular album at least a few times in summer '07, but I've never owned it until recently and haven't heard it a Whole lot, so it felt reviewable. "Virgin With a Memory" and "Beggars Might Ride" are melodic, acoustic, contemplative classics. "The Sublimation Hour" is a great, Bowiesque number with a fierce electric guitar lick- I still remember hearing it for the first time, when Destroyer opened for the New Pornographers, sophomore year. (Damn would I love to see those guys live again…)
Other good tracks: "Streethawk I," "Streethawk II" (awesome, low burning synthesizer makes this song), the piano-driven "The Very Modern Dance," and the catchy lament "Helena."
I don't love it as much as Rubies, and I think I got a little too used to it- not sure if I would listen to the whole thing several times in a row- but that Beggars-Sublimation-Virgin trifecta is so, so spectacular.
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