This Night＜限定盤＞

カナダはバンクーバー出身のシンガー・ソングライター、ダン・ベイハーを中心としたプロジェクト、デストロイヤーの傑作を＜Merge＞から一挙リイシュー!2002年発表の5thアルバム『ディス・ナイト』!
本作のほとんどがスペインのマドリードで制作された。時には儚く、ダン・ベイハーのほろ苦い作曲センス、特に収録曲の「Holly Going Lightly」 は軽快なインディーロック・チューンでありつつオペラの要素も取り入れられており、彼独自のスタイルが前面に表れたアルバムとなった。

This Night is a sometimes-fragile, sometimes-bombastic folk-rock record that plays like early-'70s Bowie jamming with Bright Eyes. Daniel Bejar's bittersweet songwriting and the sparkling production match his Dylan wordplay, earthy strumming, and crunchy, skyward electric guitar riffs to establish This Night solidly as Destroyer's Hunky Dory. From "Holly Going Lightly" -- an indie rock tune of operatic proportions and utter levity -- to the dark, "The Bewlay Brothers"-meets-Calexico "The Chosen Few," it's clear that this comparison would sit perfectly well with Bejar. And so what if he takes his influences so seriously? Bowie fans have been waiting for another Hunky Dory since 1972. Destroyer's This Night follows through on that wish without ever being a simple sound-alike and, in the process, adds a welcome dose of Grandaddy, the criminally underrated Television Personalites, and even some good old Lou Reed rock. "Snow White" is the most cryptic and downright moving hat-tip to "Sweet Jane" and Reed's favorite state of being ("Hey, Snow White/It's gonna be alright") and one of the most zoned-out, uncomplicated, and gratifying rock tunes of the year. ~ Charles Spano