Sunset Rubdown were one of those bands that I thought hadn't yet made an album that truly lived up to their potential. I liked, but not loved, both 2006's Shut Up I Am Dreaming and 2007's Random Spirit Lover, but would never count them amongst my favourite bands. Perhaps annoyingly talented front man Spencer Krug was spreading himself too thin through his involvement with Wolf Parade, Swan Lake, and others, I dunno. But once I had heard 'The Mending Of The Gown' off Random Spirit Lover, possibly one of my favourite tracks released this decade, I knew Sunset Rubdown could do great things. And, true to my suspicions, in Dragonslayer Krug has not only delivered the best album of the band's career to date, but indeed what is likely to be one of the great indie-rock releases of the year.