Destroyer, Eleanor Friedberger [outside]

Two weeks after fellow Canadians the New Pornographers posted up at Emo’s, the Neil Young to their Mamas & the Papas – Dan Bejar – pimps his 12th LP under the Destroyer moniker, Have We Met. Synthesized pop for the 21st century, its New Wave bounce and digital sheen commingle another Merge Records one of a kind. In the Neko Case role, ex-local Eleanor Friedberger supports with always contemporary beats and wit. – Raoul Hernandez