Destroyer "Bay of Pigs" (excerpt) from Bay of Pigs (EP, 2010) and Kaputt (LP, out today), both on Merge Records.Vancouver's own Dan Bejar (Destroyer). Photo by Michael Schmelling/NYT.
Reviews of the new Destroyer album can be found at the New York Times and Pitchfork among other places. I'm still digesting so I will save my comments but I am a big fan and after the first few listens I like it a lot, sax and all.

[Top photo: Larabee State Park, WA, early 2009 — more here.]