I was blasting Rubies on the way home from the girlfriend's just now, makes me so excited for this.
― altered boners (rennavate), Saturday, 27 November 2010 08:22 (thirteen years ago) link
question for anyone who's heard Kaputt: did this song make it on the album?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC7QBf17X8I
― i love it when a suggest ban comes together (cajunsunday), Saturday, 27 November 2010 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
No.
Don't want to say too much, but the whole album is along the lines of Chinatown and the Bay Of Pigs single from last year, which appears in slightly truncated form as the album closer. It's all about the soft synths, female (gospel-ish) backing vox, lots of trumpet and sax solos, very jazz-pop with a slight disco feel. Very synthetic in comparison to Rubies/ Trouble In Dreams, but not as far removed from those two as, say, Your Blues. Reminds me very much of those 80s bands like Prefab Sprout and even Deacon Blue, cheesy but still powerful. Probably a better album than 90% of this year's best.
― Moogle, Saturday, 27 November 2010 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Based on "Chinatown," I'm even more psyched for this album that I was before (and I was pretty psyched before) - Bejar can do no wrong in my eyes.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 27 November 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
waht it sounds like Prefab Sprout? so stoked now.
― Honey, I squirted jizz all over the baby (the table is the table), Saturday, 27 November 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
is this dude from england?
― EIEIoOoOO (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
wancouwer
― PEAVEY Ó))) (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
ah okay he's really putting on an accent huh? is this typical of destroyer? i thought it would sound way different than this.
i think i like it.
― EIEIoOoOO (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i thought destroyer was like smog or something
― EIEIoOoOO (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
nah destroyer's on some erudite glam shit
he calls it "european blues" which a pretty apt descriptor
― champagne for my t-friends (Edward III), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
huh, i don't know how i feel about this
i'm pretty sure he is talking about Vanity from Vanity 6 on one song and calls her a "negress"
― EIEIoOoOO (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
o_O
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
video for Kaputt is pretty cool; babes + surreal stuffhttp://vimeo.com/18442047
― gr8080, Thursday, 6 January 2011 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
oh we're talking abt it on the other thread
― gr8080, Thursday, 6 January 2011 01:31 (thirteen years ago) link
destroyer covering gorkys zygotic mynci! yay!
http://www.avclub.com/articles/destroyer-covers-gorkys-zygotic-mynci,83550/
― all the worlds a stage and kitty's just stepped into the spotlight (cajunsunday), Thursday, 9 August 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
love this new order cover too. i don't remember destroyer ever doing a cover before 2012.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR85bAxCX6M
― all the worlds a stage and kitty's just stepped into the spotlight (cajunsunday), Saturday, 11 August 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Surprised no one seems to be talking about this interview/new track? http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9651-accidental-pop-a-conversation-with-destroyers-dan-bejar/
― goodoldneon, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
we r on the kaputt thread
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link
Ah, OK
― goodoldneon, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
Nothing to discuss. Reporter asked a question about Taylor Swift, Bejar makes it clear he doesn't listen to her and has no plans.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
lol wrong thread
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 21:56 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, less about the Swift thing than general anticipation of the new record. But Diamond Dave set me straight on that
― goodoldneon, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link
I heard "Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart for the first time today snd just, damn. D sounds just like him! And the instrumentation and progression were spot on too.
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 23:29 (eight years ago) link
mmh has actually been mentioned on the quite active kaputt threadDestroyer - Kaputt (2011)
not much love for trouble in dreams in this poll! great alb imo
― niels, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 12:16 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's a good one (but I still would vote for Rubies over anything else by a large margin)
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 13:42 (eight years ago) link
I'm not suprised (by the results of this poll that I've certainly seen before, lol) -- 'Rubies' got so much love on ILM when it was released vs. everyone everywhere being kinda down on 'Dreams' (check Bejar's riffing on "Grief Point") -- In the end, though, I played 'em both out, along with the three before (still haven't heard Thief, not crazy about CoD)
― regular ass terrestrial radio (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 14:14 (eight years ago) link
AS an aside, I and my wife both LOVE Grief Point.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
yeah but like... you're self-loathing english on the mediterranean, innit?
― regular ass terrestrial radio (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
Bejar featuring on a new Sandro Perri track. Very nice!
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/sandro-perri-everybodys-paris-pt-iii-ft-dan-bejar/
― cajunsunday, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
that's great!
― niels, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 08:56 (five years ago) link
thanks for the heads up
Seeing him do a solo show at the end of the month. Interested to see how the lush sounding stuff from his recent records comes across sans band.
― triggercut, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
I saw him do a solo show last night, it was cool. he played songs from all over his career - at least one from every album except Ideas for Songs and City of Daughters and also one new one called I think 'Crimson Tide' that was reminiscent of the first section of Rubies and a lyrical sequel to The Laziest River.
hope he manages to bring the full band out here some day.
― ufo, Monday, 24 September 2018 06:54 (five years ago) link
https://mergerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-merge-group-plays-heroes
live album of a merge supergroup doing a "heroes" album tribute, featuring bejar on lead vocals. it sounds great
― ufo, Sunday, 10 February 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
This sounds great!!!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 10 February 2019 01:14 (five years ago) link