TR/ST The Destroyer I & II 2LP

This 2xLP combines TR/ST's Destroyer Volumes 1 and 2 into one product, with two discs in a gatefold jacket. Both volumes' original artwork is present with Volume 1 artwork on the cover and Volume 2 on the back of the jacket.

Like TR/ST's music as a whole, The Destroyer, Vol. 1 is both ambitious and intimate... These songs aren't as freewheeling as Joyland, an album whose wandering was a major part of its artistic breakthrough. Instead, and in the best possible way, The Destroyer, Vol. 1 is a more calculated work. Every element feels powerful and purposeful, whether it's the synth hits that puncture 'Colossal''s pulsing menace like divine rays, or the feral screams and gut-punching drums that make 'Poorly Coward' a grimly kinetic portrait of despair. Alfons' lyrics are just as potent as his music, reaffirming his almost uncanny gift for writing massive songs that still feel specific enough to be meaningful.... [T]hough The Destroyer, Vol. 1 is only the first part of a larger work, song for song it's Alfons' most accomplished work yet.

...[O]n Destroyer, Vol. 2, [Alfons] explores the aftermath of those outbursts with a subtler approach that's just as powerful in its softness.... Along with providing more time and space for the album's emotional journey to resonate, it introduces exciting dimensions to Alfons' music that make the entire Destroyer project a satisfying and well-earned catharsis.