Release date: 05-05-2003

2003 UK 12-track vinyl LP album, pression on Heavyweight Vinyl-The debut album by this NY singer/songwriter is overflowing with top credentials; produced by and played on by Ryan Adams, it also features Melissa Auf De Maur of Holefame. A glorious rock album that signals the arrival of a true talent, stickered in picture sleeve.

Tracks:
01. Queen of the Underworld
02. TKO
03. Downliner
04. Wendy
05. Brooklyn
06. Fine art of self destruction
07. Riding on the subway
08. High lonesome
09. Solitaire
10. Almost grown
11. Xmas
12. Brooklyn (band)

Weird little surprises like this album are the things you live for as a music fan. It's one thing to have high expectations for an album for months, or even years, and have it exceed all your expectations, but it's the from-out-of-nowhere surprises from artists you didn't think capable of such a thing that truly knock your socks off…With his debut solo album, The Fine Art Of Self Destruction, Malin steps out of the outrageous punk role he had with his old band (D Generation) and slips into singer/songwriter mode with astonishing ease, eschewing the boisterous music he specialized in, in exchange for a more introspective, country-rock sound." – Pop Matters