Destroyed Little Idiot * * * *

With Destroyed,Moby (who, you will remember, 10 years ago was a hot commercial prospect, following multimillion-selling albums such as Playand 18)continues to view the world through an odd-shaped lens. Destroyed, perhaps surprisingly, is his best album since Playas it riffs on similar sonic structures, the soft push and pull of electronic music, the female guest vocalists, and the weedy little voice of Moby himself. Thematically, it's a late-night record of subtle acoustics and often beautiful electronica, ideally to be played in its entirety while you drive around empty landscapes before the break of dawn. Try this at home, folks – tracks such as The Violent Bears It Awayand Lacrimae are come-down tunes of the highest quality. See moby.com

Download tracks: The Low Hum, The Violent Bears It Away, Lacrimae