Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)

roxy mentioned above but this one was sounding especially Kaputt-y last week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsTyNcmiXm0

Avalon was the OG inspiration mentioned in all the interviews / press releases iirc, and Kaputt was actually my way into Avalon

beautiful track

Always thought Lindsey Buckingham's Trouble had some Kaputt like elements:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO1sQPs3U8k

def.

Perhaps Mirage scratches a bit of the same itch - ethereal vibe with focus on melody and percussion

Buckingham track is smooth as hell

the laziest river is soo good

yup

you’re a permanent figure of jacked up sorrow
I want you to love me

posters going ham on the sophisti-pop revivals the last couple days, I see

Time of the season?

I really really like the production on this one.

yeah, someone on the p4k thread suggested it sounds even better than its influences and I think that's true, at least production-wise

I’m not even a big fan of the supposed sound he’s channeling in here and yet the production on this one makes it work.

Maybe somebody in this thread can help me with this one: Is there a Destroyer song where he cribs the line "It's time I had some time alone"? I seem to remember one (or maybe I saw him play it live?) but I can't recall for sure and maybe I'm just making it up because I think it'd be a great line for a some to appropriate

Listening to As Falls Wichita, So Falls Witchita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, getting very strong Laziest River vibes

They don't really sound that similar, but are both mellow epics

I'm getting those vibes too, thx for the recommendation

Maybe somebody in this thread can help me with this one: Is there a Destroyer song where he cribs the line "It's time I had some time alone"? I seem to remember one (or maybe I saw him play it live?) but I can't recall for sure and maybe I'm just making it up because I think it'd be a great line for a some to appropriate

xp

Sweet, glad you checked it out. It's a pretty unusual piece. I've been able pick up a pile of pristine Metheny vinyl for super cheap lately, and have really enjoyed digging into his catalog. Such a wide range of interesting recordings, especially from the ECM days.

This record.

Yeah, this record. <3

my 3.5 yo son blew my mind by singing parts of Chinatown. Turns out my wife had an old CD of Kapput in the car.

don't let the terrible name scare you, mr twin sister delivers sophistihouse sure to delight any Kaputt fans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-XHeBLwTE

does this come in instrumental?
― jaxon, Saturday, January 8, 2011 5:45 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this man sounds like an elf

it's that time of the year folks

get the elf off the shelf

I'd say he sounds like a smurf. His voice is really beyond bearable. The music can have its moments though. Like "The laziest river" for example. Very eclectic stuff rooted in the eighties. Reminds me of my student years. Retro but pretty good retro.

the sound of an entire generation of music critics ossifying about half-remembered childhood referents

just playing, ilx!

his actual speaking voice sounds like that so he's not putting it on (he was in front of me at the waldorf cold beer and wine once)

don't let the terrible name scare you, mr twin sister delivers sophistihouse sure to delight any Kaputt fans

it's not the terrible name that puts me off.

oh then what is it

sophistihouse

haha

well see what descriptor you can come up with

anyway people who dislike Bejar's voice I don't mean to say you're not welcome itt but I will say you're wasting your time because Bejar is a great singer

polite no

a friend of mine once described his voice as a cross between nick cave and kenny everett

I actually like that Mr. TS song but I'm struggling to see much of a connection. That name though, sheesh.

here's an interesting anecdote:

Frontman Dan Bejar had largely completed his soft-rock opus before asking Shabason to improvise over the recordings, where his ghostly saxophone lines proved to be the perfect complement to Bejar’s alternately hedonistic and weary narrator, hanging over every story like a heavy cologne.

i got a new tattoo

https://i.imgur.com/Nge8t6i.jpg

Excellent <3

8 years old. How.

one of the greats

randomly the new lloyd cole album "guesswork" sounds a lot like a destroyer album with lloyd cole singing (with a touch of junior boys ballads too)

i'm not saying it's a great album or anything

thanks for the tip! this album is totally Blue Nile core.

the commotions were definitely in the sophitipop pocket at times (other time more jangly or even countryish?). can't say I've kept up with his solo career but will give this a listen

quite possibly my favourite album ever is 10 years old today, wow

The weird part about Kaputt is that also showed me that the saxophone didn't suck. I was such a self-loathing sax player for so long and Kaputt showed me that people actually want to hear a saxophone solo. Who knew?

— Joseph Shabason (@JosephShabason) January 25, 2021

(he's the saxophonist on it)