Destroyer is a Canadian indie group that is fronted by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar. Bejar is an independent singer-songwriter from Vancouver who created Destroyer in 1995. He self-produced his first album, the lo-fi We’ll Build Them a Golden Bridge, which was recorded at his in home studio in Vancouver.

Your Blues is an album by Destroyer, released in 2004. It was a notable departure from the full-band format of Destroyer’s previous few albums, largely featuring MIDI-simulated orchestration as its backing music. It has been variously described by critics as “some kind of masterpiece, the work of a truly original and iconoclastic talent”, “a bold step in a new direction, risking over-the-top theatricality, but with its feet planted firmly on solid ground”, “seem[ing] like a work in progress” and “an acquired taste”.

Even with its Metacritic “score” of 79 out of 100, it could be considered to be critically well-received, frontman Dan Bejar conceded that it may be viewed by some as a “half-baked exercise”, and the MIDI instrumentation as “completely hokey and completely sabotag[ing] the legitimacy of the songs”.