rain in forecast this week thinking about taking a sick day field trip to the oakland docks
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/05/destroyer-announces-2011-tour-dates/
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not a "lyrics guy" but his words have always scanned so beautifully to me
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
you terrify the land, you are pestle and mortaryou're first love's new order, mother nature's sunking of the everglades. population one.i write poetry for myselfi write poetry for myself
you're a permanent figure of jacked up sorrowi want you to love meyou send me a coffin of rosesi guess that's the way that things go these days
take pills, for instancei heard they're no good for youi won't and i never willshe said, "i won't and i never will"blue eyes
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7914-destroyer/
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome interview. bejar rules
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
And I'm just a sucker for new-agey synth sounds and instrumentation.
love this guy
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I did most of the vocals while fixing myself a sandwich.
/!\ attn jordan s /!\
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
man this is an excellent, honest interview
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i have listened to the entire album all the way through roughly 45 times in the last month
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
probably 25 times in the last week for me
― gr8080, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
only got it this wkend, listened to it abt 5 so far (never usually do that)
― just sayin, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 08:31 (thirteen years ago) link
bejar total sandwich bro
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 January 2011 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
chinatown, suicide demo, & title track are all total awesomeness. kinda think bay of pigs sticks out too much, especially considering that it probably pushes it to double lp length.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Strikes me as a ham on dark rye kinda guy
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it does btw, at least according to amazon.
and yeah its a good song but I'm not sure I'm on board with the whole "its epic and amazing!!!!!" stuff I've read. it feels capstoney and w/e but other tracks are much stronger.
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
"bay of pigs" is certainly one of the best songs on this but i sometimes end this album after the second to last song - i've heard "bay of pigs" dozens of times and it was on my 2009 ballot. i don't like it any less tho
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
when he gets to the "It's got that swiiiiing..." line i always think of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgcpKOnutOc
― gr8080, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah bay of pigs is like a nice extra. don't need to hear it every time, but it's an incredible piece of music regardless of context and takes nothing away from the album that precedes it.
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
and for some reason makes me want to reread Pynchon's V.
yeah that's a great way of thinking of it. feels like a pixar short film---great, not necessary to enjoy the main event
xp
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
haha, pixar analogy totally otm!
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxxxxp hahaha that might be my favorite thing t&e have done
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds, smash hits, melody maker, nmeall sound like a dream to me
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Winter spring summer and fallAnimals crawlTowards deaths embrace
just typing this out and realizing it's a nice little play on the carol king song.
― Moreno, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Whereas I usually set up a mic to do the "real vocal take" and everything, I found that I could get the relaxed quality I wanted for this record while I was, like, lying down on the couch.
Pitchfork: Did you actually record some vocals lying down on the couch?
DB: Yeah, I did.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't think it was possible to love this man more.
when i first wrote this song i had intended it to be a waltz, but the musicians i was playing at the time apparently were unable to play a waltz... and that's why this country will always be at war
― flopson, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
That's a great quote!I wonder what Soto and/or Matos would think of this record, especially if they haven't liked Destroyer in the past
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
So this is going to be huge.
― slagterm, Friday, 14 January 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
duh, it's awesome
― bernard snowy, Friday, 14 January 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
where else is this getting buzz aside from here? in the "we've heard it and it rules" sense, not the "this is comin out" sense
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 14 January 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
theres def other places
― *gets the power* (deej), Friday, 14 January 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
srry if that sounded snide. afaik sonically this is a v. accidentally trendy album
― *gets the power* (deej), Friday, 14 January 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
80s soft rock /quiet storm kinda feels like a thing right?
hipsters love sting
― Lamp, Friday, 14 January 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
It has become a thing and I wish it would go away. Aside from "Savage Night at the Opera" and "Poor In Love" I think this record is total dreck.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 14 January 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
lol rong, those are the two worst trax
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, 14 January 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
they're also two of the shortest
― bernard snowy, Friday, 14 January 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
so like if you just don't like the album, those wld probably be among yr least disliked
and they're two of the rockiest
basically what i'm saying is i think pgwp sux
― bernard snowy, Friday, 14 January 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
otm
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, 14 January 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
if u want short rocky songs go listen to a guided by voices album or something, jeeze
― bernard snowy, Friday, 14 January 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
zing.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 14 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
gtfo
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 14 January 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
stfu
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 January 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
>--(O___O)--< )))\___\
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 14 January 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, January 14, 2011 1:16 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I hope the P4k opinion is not this.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Friday, 14 January 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
honestly i kinda hope this gets like a middling 6.0 from pitchfork so we don't have to deal with all the associated nonsense. i'm pretty certain it'll break 9 tho and then again i do want this dude to get paid so
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, 14 January 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
pgwp is not plagenhoff i dont think. i agree abt this being accidentally trendy but what other evidence besides last year's ariel pink record is there?
― flopson, Friday, 14 January 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link