I thumbed through the books on your shelf
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 02:28 (ten years ago) link
in a pinchin the skyin your eye
― Clay, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
finally got the vinyl so I can hear this laziest river business
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 20 June 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
truly a record for all seasons
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 11:32 (nine years ago) link
still one of my favourite albums of the last x years.is there a new one planned ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 11:34 (nine years ago) link
From December 2013 interview:
"In 2014, I'm going to try and make a record! Hopefully I'll have something done by the end of the year."
So fingers crossed
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 13:01 (nine years ago) link
eheh, thanks. that sounds like a plan !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
i wouldn't expect it to sound like Kaputt though
― nostormo, Thursday, 2 October 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
I'd be very happy with more ambient disco explorations and spoken word ruminations.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 3 October 2014 07:16 (nine years ago) link
five Spanish songs was pretty great
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Friday, 3 October 2014 12:12 (nine years ago) link
it's no Kaputt though
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Friday, 3 October 2014 12:13 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/destroyerband/dream-lover
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
yesss
― ink on all the streetlights (cajunsunday), Thursday, 21 May 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
huh a new version of Archer on the Beach is going to be on this
― ufo, Thursday, 21 May 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
I enjoyed this
― silverfish, Thursday, 21 May 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Is the beginning of this "Jungleland" or what?
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 21 May 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
like this song a lotkind of OD'd on kaputt, but feel like i could go back to it now...
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 May 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
I love this song.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 May 2015 17:43 (nine years ago) link
aw shit, here comes the sun.
― ink on all the streetlights (cajunsunday), Thursday, 21 May 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Love it. Also, the first verse is parodying Springsteen lyrics, right?
'Dream lover, I knowSomeone's idea of funYou and me, thoughts on cityLovers on the run'
You and me, thoughts on city... That's pretty much every Springsteen/Hold Steady lyric ever.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 21 May 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
not a Mariah Carey cover :(
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 May 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
I'd like to hear him hit Mariah's high note in that one!
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 21 May 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
The bassline from Cemetery Gates is in there somewhere, right?
― Frederik B, Friday, 22 May 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9651-accidental-pop-a-conversation-with-destroyers-dan-bejar/
― Clay, Monday, 25 May 2015 05:49 (nine years ago) link
kinda disappointing that he's lost interest in the 'pop' of kaputt
― ufo, Monday, 25 May 2015 06:24 (nine years ago) link
I'm the opposite, all the dour-and-not-pop stuff in this interview is making me quite optimistic about this new record (I didn't care for Kaputt)
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 25 May 2015 13:08 (nine years ago) link
I loved Kaputt, by far the best he's done imo, but it was great in a way that could be done with a lot of different sounds. I love Dream Lover as well, so I have hope.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 May 2015 13:12 (nine years ago) link
I love Kaputt and don't expect him to repeat it (or me to care about the band again).
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 May 2015 13:35 (nine years ago) link
Alfred, did you hear Five Spanish Songs? not sure how it would play to someone who actually understands the lyrics, but I found it an interesting companion piece to Kaputt sonically
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Monday, 25 May 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
Kaputt is easily my favourite, and Dream Lover keeps the feel of the band from Kaputt despite kinda returning to his usual 70's-ish style so I'm quite hopeful. The press release mentions Prefab Sprout etc. which I know were a big influence on Kaputt so if that's still evident it'll be nice.
― ufo, Monday, 25 May 2015 14:17 (nine years ago) link
bernard: I have. It's pretty!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 May 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
What originally got me hooked on Destroyer was how spot on the Ziggy Stardust sound was on Streethawk, so I'm pretty thrilled this record goes for "70s Springsteen/Bowie street-rock".
@frederikYou and me, thoughts on cityLovers on the runis hilarious as Springsteen parody
― niels, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link
I would watch a true detective with Dan bejar saying shit like "beware the company you reside in" over and over while Blake Shelton is like wtf man
― Heez, Sunday, 31 May 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
"We've been told you still fly into rages at the mention of Christine White's name. You want to tell us what that's about?"
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 1 June 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
Re that Pitchfork interview, kinda wish he was as tough on Jessica Pratt whom he praises, as he is on Taylor Swift. But he is who he is.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 June 2015 16:08 (nine years ago) link
oh god that interview. love it/hate it/love it.
"PF: There are a few songs on Poison Season that are among the poppiest Destroyer songs you’ve ever made."
DB: Yeah, I know. I apologize for those songs; those songs are aberrations."
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 1 June 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
Pitchfork interview is cool, he comes off as a real character!
Over the last 11 years or so, I’ve mostly just listened to Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan.
Hehe...
― niels, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
New track:
https://soundcloud.com/destroyerband/girl-in-a-sling#t=0:00
― groovypanda, Monday, 13 July 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
some discussion already over at Destroyer - Poison Season
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Monday, 13 July 2015 23:14 (nine years ago) link
can we make a list of albums that are very similar to kaputt but not kaputt?
1) Roxy Music - Avalon
― niels, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 12:50 (eight years ago) link
2)Al Stewart- Year of the Cat
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
prefab sprout -- steve mcqueen
a lil bit at least
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
The Blue Nile - Hats
― tayto fan (Michael B), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
in the kaputt vs. let england shake thread there's a lot of great posts about how this record def contains sophistopop references but also takes them a step further, sounding like an idiosyncratic contemporary of these records that was never made at the time
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
actually possibly no posts in that thread said that and i'm paraphrasing them incorrectly but: there are a lot of great posts in that thread
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
that was a good thread.
some fun trolling and beef too e.g. flopson and aero
― Tim F, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
I'm sure I wrote in this thread that Kaputt evokes sophisti-pop, but I was wrong: it's a histrionic Robert Wyatt album.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
Isn't Comicopera already a histrionic Robert Wyatt album?
― Tim F, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
compared to Kaputt it's Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link