Destroyer's Rubies

Destroyer's Rubies (2006) finds Dan Bejar's project leaning into a grittier, full-band indie rock sound, with long, lyrically dense songs driven by propulsive guitars, piano, and taut rhythms. Bejar's theatrical, talk-sung vocal delivery and elliptical, literary lyrics shape the record's mood, which balances restlessness and intimacy. The album favors live-sounding arrangements and a rawer production compared with earlier Destroyer work, and it helped establish a more rock-oriented template that Bejar would revisit on subsequent releases.