Trouble in Dreams

by Destroyer

Trouble in Dreams cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 March 2008
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 52:59
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: John Collins, Tim Loewen, Ted Bois, Rodney Graham, David Carswell, Nicolas Bragg, Fisher Rose, Daniel Bejar

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The eighth studio album by Dan Bejar strips away some of the heavy synthesizer usage of his prior work, returning to a dense, piano-driven indie rock approach. Featuring expansive instrumentation and his signature, hyper-literate David Bowie-esque vocal delivery, the record is heavily poetic and cryptically dramatic. It served as a final, masterful crystallization of his traditional rock sound before his major pivot toward smooth jazz and disco.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, witty, literate, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Blue Flower/Blue Flame (3:23)
  2. Dark Leaves Form a Thread (3:35)
  3. The State (3:58)
  4. Foam Hands (3:50)
  5. My Favorite Year (6:07)
  6. Shooting Rockets (From the Desk of Night's Ape) (7:59)
  7. Introducing Angels (3:44)
  8. Rivers (5:14)
  9. Leopard of Honor (5:32)
  10. Plaza Trinidad (3:33)
  11. Libby's First Sunrise (5:59)

Credits

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