Dragonslayer (Sunset Rubdown album)

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Dragonslayer
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 23, 2009
RecordedOctober 2008
Genre Indie rock
Length48:43
Label Jagjaguwar
Sunset Rubdown chronology
Sunset Rubdown Introducing Moonface
(2009)
Dragonslayer
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club A [2]
Drowned In Sound (10/10) [3]
Pitchfork Media (8.3/10) [4]
Planet Sound (8/10) [5]
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RockfeedbackStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Dragonslayer is the fourth and final studio album recorded by the Canadian indie band Sunset Rubdown. It is the second of their albums to be recorded under the Jagjaguwar recording label. It was released June 23, 2009. [9] The album was made available for MP3 download with preorder on May 20, 2009. The track "Paper Lace" had previously appeared on Enemy Mine by one of Spencer Krug's other bands Swan Lake.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Silver Moons" – 4:45
  2. "Idiot Heart" – 6:09
  3. "Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!" – 5:23
  4. "Black Swan" – 6:54
  5. "Paper Lace" – 3:48
  6. "You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)" – 5:43
  7. "Nightingale/December Song" – 5:34
  8. "Dragon's Lair" – 10:28

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