SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: TR/ST - THE DESTROYER

TR/ST
The Destroyer
House Arrest/Grouch

Spooky Canadian electropop project TR/ST is here again in 2019, with his usual ethereal take on club music. The new album, The Destroyer Part 1, is half of a new 2 part effort. The second part is rumored to be showing up some time before the end of the year thankfully. What we have to chew on now however, is a beautiful funeral dirge for nothing in particular.

The sound of The Destroyer as we know it thus far is a solemn, yet groovy type of rave music that makes you think everyone dancing at a TR/ST show only does so begrudgingly, because they’d rather be home brooding. I do mean that in the best way possible though. It’s deeply reflective, has some genuine moments that are sure to get your foot tapping and your eyelids drooping, because something about the rhythms are so hypnotizing that it’s best appreciated in an almost meditative state.

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Hello! I’m Cody McIntosh! I’m a lifelong music fan, blogger, student, writer, and musician, and guitar teacher. I’ve been playing and listening for over half of my life now and I don’t intend on stopping anytime soon. Some of my favorite genres are 80’s New Wave and Post-punk, Hardcore, Jazz, Garage Rock, and IDM. You can find me at a few places online, but below are the main few.

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