The Fine Art of Self-Destruction

Reviewed by:
Victor Blair

If you know Malin as the frontman for glam-punks D-Generation, you don’t know shit about him, apparently. His solo debut recasts him as an urban roots-rocker in the Ryan Adams mold—not coincidentally, since Adams produces and plays on the record. Though too earnest by half, Malin careens from alt-country laments to Replacements-inspired blowouts, hitting all points in between with equal fervor. And with a crack band, he reaffirms a lesson we learned from demolition derby: Self-destruction can be dang cool.