{"product_id":"thief","title":"Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThief \u003c\/i\u003eis Destroyer’s third full length and first with a full band, originally released in 2000, and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the album on which Destroyer truly hit its stride. Not only did Dan Bejar offer up what was easily his best work to date; with this album, it became clear he was a songwriter who wasn’t just producing incremental batches of songs but an entire connected oeuvre. He was clearly a student of rock history but emerged as his own biggest influence. (Check the self-referential \u003ci\u003eDestroyer’s the Temple\u003c\/i\u003e that kicks things off, as well as the previous-album callback \u003ci\u003eCity of Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middle of three albums on which John Collins (bass) and Scott Morgan (drums) accompanied, the songs on Thief are some of the most immediately approachable in the Destroyer catalogue. \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Perpetual Roads\u003c\/i\u003e is so loose it swings; \u003ci\u003eCity of Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is as sweet a piece of power pop as any of Bejar’s contributions to the New Pornographers; and \u003ci\u003eCanadian Lover \/ Falcon’s Escape\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of Destroyer’s most enduring anthems, a rare fist-pumping moment. Lyrically, Bejar was at his sharpest, both in terms of dishing out barbs (largely targeted at the music industry) and commanding the full range of his free-flowing poetry—poignancy to punchlines with just the right amount of inscrutability to keep you listening again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - Limited to 3000 Copies on Orange vinyl with Download.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50497132626251,"sku":"1035024","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50497130692939,"sku":"1035059","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a55ab78f-6e41-4893-93af-4771205952c7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727726467","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/thief","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}