destroyer is a pretty good band name. surprised no one took it before bejar.
better than, say, "the beatles."
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 10 January 2011 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i love prefab sprout and i also love this record...
tho i also wish there was an instrumental version. hopefully there will at least be some decent remixes
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Monday, 10 January 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
ha. grady, love the band name spectrum. as much as i hate the name prefab sprout (also why i never listened to them until this thread), i kinda like why they named themselves it
According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, the band was named after a phrase from the Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood song, "Jackson", misheard by frontman Paddy McAloon.[1] The correct opening lyrics for "Jackson" are "We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout";[3] which McAloon misinterpreted as 'hotter than a prefab sprout'.
― jaxon, Monday, 10 January 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i hate stories behind band names like that, like its actually a pet peve
but "Jackson" is all-time. 2 of my best friends performed a ~*raucous*~ version of it at their own wedding reception.
― gr8080, Monday, 10 January 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
how could you mistake that lyric??
― kate78, Monday, 10 January 2011 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
updated:
PREFAB SPROUT <--------------------METALLICA--------------------> DESTROYER
― gr8080, Monday, 10 January 2011 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I absolutely fuxx with this album.
― Tim F, Monday, 10 January 2011 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"poor in love" is my jam.
― Tim F, Monday, 10 January 2011 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
haha what a surprise.
thread needs 'balearic' in the title to bring in some more posters
― just sayin, Monday, 10 January 2011 08:11 (thirteen years ago) link
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― ich bin ein ilxor (deej), Monday, 10 January 2011 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link
too early to say for sure but i think my favorite is "blue eyes"
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 10 January 2011 11:19 (thirteen years ago) link
really surprised that jaxon had never listened to prefab sprout b4
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 12:53 (thirteen years ago) link
lol suicide demo for kara walker
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently she wrote some of the lyrics for it? wld be curious to know which!
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
also, re: "Blue Eyes" — took me a long time to warm up to it because it's maybe the cheeziest thing here* — but yeah, so fucking great! hooks upon hooks! "Oh baby, can't you see they had it in for me?"/"I won't, and I never will!"/BLUUUUUUEEEE EYES!!
I like how quickly it goes from sparsely pretty Bejar intro to full-blown disco anthem. and the chiming echoey U2 guitars that pop up in the background sometimes. and, well, everything about it.
*: and knows it! i.e. telling the press "don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves", which I interpret as a snarky attack on the idea of "guilty pleasures" which someone will inevitably invoke w/r/t this album at some point...
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha, I interpreted that line as being like someone walking up to you and saying, "you know, that pimple on your face really isn't that obvious."
― Tim F, Monday, 10 January 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
tim f I am disappointed in you, how could "a message in a bottle" ever become embroiled in such an encounter? it boggles the mind!
close-reading, ppl!!
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
No, I mean I assumed he was sending them a message saying "don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves" in order to imply that they had reason to be.
― Tim F, Monday, 10 January 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, sry, the metaphor threw me
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
really love the way the female vocalist (over)enunciates the word "wrong" in the chorus of "Kara Walker"
(lol, as if it wasn't clear from this thread, I basically cannot put the album without listening to the whole thing — "Poor In Love" sounded great a second ago and now I'm into the title track again — pacing is A+ and uh no [obvious] weak points? or have i so thoroughly drunk the kool-aid on this one that I am incapable of objective evaluation?)
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
When does this come out? I have no moneys but I feel like I need to buy this.
― "jobs" (a hoy hoy), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
.rar
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost beginning of february I think?
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
dudes voice is hella irritating, i could prolly get over it but i would much rather here like a rasmus dub
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
curious why you find it so irritating — I mean yeah it's totally affected, but I think done with consummate craftsmanship and taste, and compliments the music well — plus he sings more-or-less intelligibly, which is nice because the lyrics are usually worth listening to
how do you feel about the backup vocals?
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
(not that I wouldn't listen to an instrumental version of the album!)
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
idk maybe its more that i just find the vocals kindof intrusive, i gen. have a high threshold for crap indie voices and i realise that this isnt partic. bad on that scale
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, they're definitely prominent (altho maybe a little more in the background, compared to the last few albums?) — for me, it never quite reaches the point of 'pulling me out of' the music but i can where it might for someone else
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
sara walker is currently top of my list if only for `moment' when it shifts from formless opening to groovy
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 10 January 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah totally
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
thinking about sbing anyone who talks bad about his voice from this point on
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
what is the deal w/ this guys voice?
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
awesomeness is the deal iirc
― "jobs" (a hoy hoy), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
destroyer's on some erudite glam shit
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― dmr, Monday, 10 January 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
does anyone know about his band on this one? i mean since it's not released no official liner notes exist yet, but damn. either those are some badass hired hands or there could be a side project floating around somewhere or something
with this and the caribou album, merge records is making a weird turn towards the awesome
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Monday, 10 January 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
which is totally unexpected, but then again i stopped giving a shit about merge long ago so wtf do i kno
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Monday, 10 January 2011 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
im not sure if this is as good as 'streethawk' or 'city of daughters' but its p fantastic
kinda feel like this is his 'i'm your man' record esp whats he doing w/ his voice. & the sax!!! just the lyricless ba-da-dum stuff on 'savage night at the opera' & the use of repetition (such a great mood piece) and how gentle it seems but then how vicious it gets as it goes!!!
― ⊚ ⓪ ㉧ ☉ ๏ ʘ ◉ ◎ ⓞ Ⓞ (Lamp), Monday, 10 January 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
does anyone know about his band on this one?
don't know who it is but for the live show he's billed as traveling with an "eight-piece synth-jazz orchestra" (including the woman who does all the backing vocals)
― dmr, Monday, 10 January 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i should check out streethawk? i've got rubies and your blues and rubies was always tough to get into, and i only really gave your blues another try because of this album and appreciate it a lot more than i did before.
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
streethawk is v much a different sound and aesthetic but its also a lot more naked and confrontational so i guess it depends on what in particular u like abt this record
― ⊚ ⓪ ㉧ ☉ ๏ ʘ ◉ ◎ ⓞ Ⓞ (Lamp), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
don't want to turn this into a streethawk thread (esp. since there's already a poll thread going rt now) but it's def. an awesome record and it's probably easier to "get" what he's doing vocally & lyrically in the context of his more glam / Bowie phase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV75zugzPJc
i.e. I totally disagree with this from upthread but to each his own:
which i guess is to say his thing works better without the usual trad-rock-sounding backing band
― dmr, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I have a hard time getting into his rock ensemble stuff. his words are so precise and his delivery so idiosyncratic that sloppy indie moves make for a mushy listen (thinking more about the stuff from rubies or this night or trouble in dreams when he's trying to be neil young and less the bowie moves of streethawk). seems like midi-symphonies and highly syncopated pitter-patter throw his vocals into perfect relief. don't really get the complaints about his voice, if kaputt had some pretty vocals I prolly wouldn't even be listening tbh.
the lead guitarist on kaputt is the same guy he's used for years. I remember around the time of rubies he was on this "destroyer is a band now" kick, not sure how many of the other players are the same tho.
― i would just like to point out that i have been orange & teal itt (Edward III), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
btw all of america lives to light its pipe at night
― i would just like to point out that i have been orange & teal itt (Edward III), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
streethawk's most like rubies in sound, with standard rock instrumentation. though it's played straighter than rubies, and there's less groove and less indie sloppiness all around iirc
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
xp more or less
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
sooo damn good! jan 25 can't come soon enough!!
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
btw if anyone has a copy of 'bay of pigs' theyd sell me that would kick @$$
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently she wrote some of the lyrics for it? wld be curious to know which!― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, January 10, 2011
I think I read somewhere that he used quotations from an interview with her that he read in an art magazine. For those who don't know her work, she is an African-American artist who plays with racial stereotypes going back to the Civil War, and her medium are black "silhouette" cutouts
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Nic Bragg is the guitarist and Sibel Thrasher is the woman singing. Dunno about anyone else.
― i love it when a suggest ban comes together (cajunsunday), Monday, 10 January 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
See I don't like Bejar on Streethawk to be honest, I think he's better when he tempered his idiosyncrasies a bit and wasn't so all over the place, delivery-wise.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Monday, 10 January 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link