Ten albums into their career, it is still difficult to precisely categorise the genre of music that Destroyer actually make.

The Dan Bejar-led Canadian band revel in surprising their audiences from album to album, and Poison Season sees them dabble in a lush, orchestral palette of sounds.

The gnarled tenderness of Bejar's voice beats a path through the cacophonous, celebratory E Street Band-like Dream Lover; the soft, idiosyncratic 1980s pop throb of Forces from Above and Archer on the Beach take their cue from Prefab Sprout and Roxy Music, while Times Square is mid-1970s era Bowie in all his slinky, theatrical glory.

Such a melange of sounds makes it difficult to absorb the album as a whole, but broken into manageable sections it’s an often a joyous listen.

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