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Hop into the DeLorean and crank it back to 1996, when Destroyer (aka Dan Bejar) released his proper debut album, the four-track-recorded We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge on Tinker Records, and get familiar-- because when you come back to the future, it'll be all the rage online.

Golden Bridge has returned and will be released digitally and on CD courtesy of Scratch Records. While it features its original tracklisting (including "Breakin' the Law" and "Streets of Fire", which later developed into New Pornographers songs), the work features brand new, full-color artwork. Destroyer's original, acoustic, rough-around-the-edges version of "Breakin' the Law" can be downloaded below.

Also in the works from Bejar is a disc from Hello, Blue Roses, his project with girlfriend/visual artist/Bonaparte bandleader Sydney Vermont/Hermant. As previously reported, the pair hopes to have it finished by April. In the meantime, Swan Lake, Bejar's collaboration with Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown) and Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes), is gearing up to release its debut, Beast Moans, on November 21 via Jagjaguwar. And that's not all: Busybody Bejar will also begin work on the follow-up to this year's acclaimed Destroyer's Rubies sometime in the near future.

Destroyer hasn't revealed any tour plans in support of the aforementioned reissue-- not especially surprising given his well-documented dislike of live performance-- but the rest of the New Pornographers are gearing up for an Australian road trip this December.

As previously reported, both the Pornos and guitarist Todd Fancey are working on new records. The former's release is slated for June, and the latter's, the tentatively titled Let the Breeze In, Witches Night, II, or Schmancey, for spring of next year. Fancey currently has one performance scheduled for Brooklyn's Union Hall on November 3.

We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge tracklist:

01 Revolution
02 J. Tailor
03 Smith
04 I, as McCarthy
05 Mending Song
06 Leave Little Fiddler (Alone)
07 The Pornographers
08 War on Jazz
09 Islands in the Stream
10 Saddestroyer
11 Streets of Fire
12 Rose Fleched This
13 Breakin' the Law
14 Whistilin' Dixie (She Shoots)
15 Riota
16 Knowing When to Leave (Slang mix)

New Pornographers dates:

12-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Club
12-08 Melbourne, Australia - Meredith Music Festival
12-10 Sydney, Australia - Factory
12-11 Adelaide, Australia - Governor Hindmarsh
12-13 Melbourne, Australia - Prince of Wales
12-14 Melbourne, Australia - Prince of Wales
12-15 Sydney, Australia - Annandale
12-16 Brisbane, Australia - Alfred's Block Party