yeah ren's otm though i totally wouldn't be surprised if a lot of ppl who are new to him & into this record found his vocal affect and way w/ words grating at first on his older stuff, because it's def toned down a bit here
nb i love this abt destroyer
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Friday, 14 January 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ok that song rennavate posted is pretty good too, more of a hunky-dory era bowie pastiche. reminds me of velvet goldmine.
does he have a particular schtick on each album?
― mekka lekka hi mega-hiney hoes (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 January 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, obvs that older style of singing/delivery wouldn't work on this smooth free-jazz disco shit.
And yeah, it's a good song, but there's only so much I can listen to it before I need a break ha.
Uhm yes and no. He's definitely the kind of artist that "grows" with each album, but it's not as like programmed as "this is my Bowie record," "this is my ____ record." I think it's taken him some time to grow into his own artist.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Friday, 14 January 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
UMS — not exactly a 1:1 schtick:album ratio, but a couple of broad styles he moves between — the glam-rock style from Streethawk, reworked w/less transparent Bowie-biting, becomes sort of his 'default' setting up thru this album, but Your Blues was completely different and sounded a bit more like this one
― bernard snowy, Friday, 14 January 2011 23:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Your Blues is his MIDI record.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Friday, 14 January 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/36747/walker-on-the-wild-side-dan-bejar-on-his-musical-collaboration-with-artist-kara-walker/
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 14 January 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
man this is so much better than the Gayngs record. Bejar's just so much more of a compelling presence on this album and in general. but i'm a lyrics guy so... he's easily top 5 rock lyricist working today.
― Moreno, Saturday, 15 January 2011 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
the glam-rock style from Streethawk, reworked w/less transparent Bowie-biting, becomes sort of his 'default' setting up thru this album
as Ed III said upthread there's more of a slacker Neil Young vibe happening on This Night and Rubies ("Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever" starts off like something from Tonight's the Night)
but yeah Streethawk and everything before that (Thief, City of Daughters) are in that wordy glam indie rock style
― dmr, Saturday, 15 January 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
This Night has some Velvets-y moments too imo (like "Hey Snow White")
― dmr, Saturday, 15 January 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Quatrain etched on a turnstileJust set the loop and then go wild
― Moreno, Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
not exactly a review, just kinda riffing on this album:http://givefascistshell.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/political-pseudo-review-for-destroyer-to-sing/
― bernard snowy, Monday, 17 January 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
That was a good post
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 17 January 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
is the band all that different? i was hoping it was mostly the same -- i guess fisher rose's sax playing didn't really sound much like that, though
― thomp, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
nope, pretty much all change. hum
AD: The last two records, Destroyer’s Rubies and Trouble in Dreams, had you working with a consistent lineup for one of the first times in your career as Destroyer. Is the same group on board this time and how has that stability worked on these records?
DB: Actually the only two records that involve a consistent line-up are Thief and Streethawk. Trouble In Dreams had a different drummer than Rubies, but sometimes a different drummer is like having a different singer. This was one of those cases. I see very few similarities between those two records, aside from maybe “Introducing Angels.” And maybe “Leopard of Honor” sounds a bit like “A Dangerous Woman Up To A Point,” if you were to look at those two songs stripped of their performances…though they mean completely different things (there’s the rub!). Nic Bragg is the only person from those records who plays on Kaputt (unless you’re talking about the vinyl version of Kaputt, in which case Ted Bois pretty much composed, performed and recorded the entirety of Side 3!). He also played lead guitar on This Night.
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2011/01/17/destroyer-the-ad-interview/
― thomp, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I've really grown into this album. It totally gives me these decadent Gaucho vibes. I still think he's trying to sound like Al Stewart, much more than Bowie.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
gaucho and al steward flourises are building my excitement for this album.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 18 January 2011 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
flourishes.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 18 January 2011 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://towerofsleep.tumblr.com/post/2817579667/interviewing-dan-bejar
the idea of Bejar singing along with Neil Tennant makes me a little bit giddy
― Andre Gunder Frank 3000, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my god, the great namechecks continue....I KNEW Sylvian and Isham were in the Kaputt mix!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
off topic by "email interviews" should be banned
― gr8080, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i think a lot maybe most? interviews are done by email nowadays you'd be surprised maybe some of them are ones you have loved
― flopson, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
No one’s mentioned Jamiroquoi, which is nice of them.hahaha, wtf! I never heard any jamiroquoi beyond that one single — did the album actually sound like this?(saw someone compare this to ween on facebook today, too... weird)
― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― gr8080, Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
why?
― *gets the power* (deej), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean surprise surprise no one is paying me $$ to pick up & fly across the country to interview unknown rappers like roach gigz but if u want to buy me a couple tixx i can stop in HI on the way back & watch yr dog lol
― *gets the power* (deej), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
no one uses a phone anymore? i pay $120 a month for mine.
― gr8080, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i dont really see the advantage of a phone over email tbh. its not like the guys im talking to are getting censored by their agents or something afai can tell.
― *gets the power* (deej), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i see numerous disadvantages -- including some ive had to deal w/ that include tapes not recording properly, volume being too low, danger of mistranscription, the pain in the ass of transcription, etc
― *gets the power* (deej), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess you lose the element of 'natural conversation' to it. im sure interviewees love it for being able to allow for nuance etc
― *gets the power* (deej), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:20 (thirteen years ago) link
ban e-mail "interviews"
― gr8080, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Kaputt is #7 on Entertainment Weekly's The Must List for next week
― dmr, Saturday, 22 January 2011 03:54 (thirteen years ago) link
shoulda been higher
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 22 January 2011 07:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I gave the album 5 stars in my review which will be published on Tuesday.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Saturday, 22 January 2011 08:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I sent the "Kaputt" video to my jazzbo friend who likes almost zero new pop music and he said it was awesome. For some reason everyone gets this stuff.
― skip, Saturday, 22 January 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
played it for my jambro who likes phish and 'can't get into' indie rock b/c the musicianship is subpar or whatever... he seemed lukewarm
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 22 January 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of a hard person to please tho — i thought for sure he would dig the dirty projies (not rly, altho he said the dude had "a good voice"), and akron/family before that
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 22 January 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
played it for the chick I'm seeing right now and she thought it was corny
― ullr saves (gbx), Saturday, 22 January 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
― ullr saves (gbx), Saturday, January 22, 2011 1:14 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
This might be the most usual response... but ohhhhh how wrong it is.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Saturday, 22 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i think its corny & i love it
― flopson, Saturday, 22 January 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
at some moments i feel like i'm listening to "the saturday night live band"
~in a good way~
― ullr saves (gbx), Saturday, January 22, 2011 2:14 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ha yeah i cant get the girl im seeing into anything that remotely codes as 'cheese'i think this is maybe a thing about being that age. or am i being condescending lol
― *gets the power* (deej), Sunday, 23 January 2011 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
last 2 girls in my car while this was playing made no remarks on it whatsoever.
is the world not ready for this album?
― gr8080, Sunday, 23 January 2011 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
tbf the context of a gr8080 car ride i cant imagine this is a huge variation from what u are normally bumping??
― *gets the power* (deej), Sunday, 23 January 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
this album is a huge variation from ~everything~
― gr8080, Sunday, 23 January 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
not surprised. destroyer is a geeky -- albeit great -- act (almost wonkish with the insider-baseball lyrics about other musicians and the industry), and will always have limited appeal.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 23 January 2011 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
THAT'S NOT TO SAY P4K WON'T GIVE THIS DISC A 10.0, BECAUSE THAT'S THE RUMOR.
The vinyl has a 20 minute instrumental.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 23 January 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
^whoa
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Sunday, 23 January 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
indeed
― ullr saves (gbx), Sunday, 23 January 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
♪~♪ d(⌒o⌒)b♪~♪ランラン!!!
― gonjasufjan (diamonddave85), Sunday, 23 January 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link