OTM with Prefab Sprout
To be fair he's only put out the two EPs and Trouble In Dreams since Rubies. By the by those EPs have the best cover art
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ksQG3-eM-4U/TNDnpjfNR0I/AAAAAAAAALc/IvRwUCXnhiU/s1600/Destroyer-Archer-On-The-Beach.jpg
― PEAVEY Ó))) (Ówen P.), Saturday, 4 December 2010 10:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Owen, the EP for Bay of Pigs has great cover art, too, no?
― altered boners (rennavate), Sunday, 5 December 2010 08:47 (thirteen years ago) link
And no, not leaked, press copy. And is an 11:18 version of a 13:38 song really "truncated"? More like "mildly squished."
― altered boners (rennavate), Sunday, 5 December 2010 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
people really need to revisit Trouble in Dreams. i felt the same way until recently and now it's one of my favorites. the first 6 songs are some of his best imo.
― Moreno, Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah I went back to Trouble after someone (j0hn d I think?) was defending it on the other Destroyer thread... strangely, it was actually the second half that got me to come around on it ("Plaza Trinidad", in particular, is beautiful, like an angry drunk jumping onstage during a broadway musical)
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 December 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Really? I still think Trouble in Dreams is ehhhhh. If you guys really recommend it, I'll revisit it soon.
― altered boners (rennavate), Sunday, 5 December 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
("Plaza Trinidad", in particular, is beautiful, like an angry drunk jumping onstage during a broadway musical)― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Sunday, December 5, 2010 3:21 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Sunday, December 5, 2010 3:21 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
Plaza Trinidad, in fact, is one of the greatest songs ever written. Thank you! It's my favorite Destroyer song and I never tire of it.
― Fruitless and Pansy Free (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Sunday, 5 December 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
becoming obsessed with "my favorite year" helped open the rest of the album up to me. beware the company you reside in!!
― Moreno, Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
― altered boners (rennavate), Sunday, December 5, 2010 4:12 PM (1 hour ago)
i don't think it's one of his best but imo fans of bejar should find plenty to like. "blue flower/blue flame" grabbed me immediately, but i like his stoned, meandering stuff like that
― k3vin k., Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i actually think it is one of his best now. top 3 imo. wouldn't have said that a couple months ago...
― Moreno, Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I like "My Favorite Year," but nothing else grabbed me about Trouble in Dreams.
― altered boners (rennavate), Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Kaputt is fantastic and I was pretty put off by Trouble in Dreams, though I haven't revisited it really since its release (my previous favorite was easily Your Blues). Steely Dan Bejar is a good look for him.
― rope (lloydwabbitt), Monday, 6 December 2010 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I have only heard Rubies + New Pornos. Where do I go next?
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Monday, 6 December 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
The other direction, as fast as you can!
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Monday, 6 December 2010 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Or, you could try fan-favourite "Streethawk" or MIDI-heavy "Your Blues".
― PEAVEY Ó))) (Ówen P.), Monday, 6 December 2010 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
ty
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Monday, 6 December 2010 11:29 (thirteen years ago) link
almost like he got andy mackay on this. loving the late era roxy music avalon vibes of "song for america"
― kamerad, Friday, 10 December 2010 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
From the Merge press release...
"These are some of the themes alluded to or avoided in the album Kaputt and here are 22 things you might want to know about it. Straight from Dan Bejar himself, in absolutely no linear order.
Kaputt by Malaparte, which Bejar has never read… Kara Walker, specifically the lyrics she contributed to the song “Suicide Demo for Kara Walker”… Chinatown, the neighborhood bordering on Bejar’s… Baby blue eyes… 80s Miles Davis… 90s Gil Evans… Last Tango in Paris … Nic Bragg, who played lead guitar on every song, again… Fretless bass… The hopelessness of the future of music…The pointlessness of writing songs for today… V-Drums… The superiority of poetry and plays… And what’s to become of film? The Cocaine Addict… American Communism… Downtown, the neighborhood bordering on Bejar’s… The LinnDrum – Avalon and, more specifically, Boys and Girls… The devastated mind of JC/DC, who recorded, produced and mixed this record from fall of 2008 to spring of 2010… The back-up vocals of certain Roy Ayers and Long John Baldry tours… Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence…"
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 10 December 2010 23:53 (thirteen years ago) link
wtf does 90s Gil Evans mean
― tylerw, Friday, 10 December 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
here is the cover arthttp://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music2/destroyerkaputt.jpg
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Saturday, 11 December 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know if everyone has already done this, or doesn't care to, but but I just made a playlist of all the Bejar songs from New Pornographers (incl those written with Carl) and it is really amazing...I am thinking put together they are better than any single Destroyer album. Is that kooky talk or possible?
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 11 December 2010 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry for the double but
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 11 December 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
they are very good songs yes. probably not "better than any single destroyer album" but pretty great. the ones on Electric Version especially -- Testament to Youth in Verse, so great
on the later NPs records they are about the only songs I liked tbh
― dmr, Saturday, 11 December 2010 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
this album is in-sane
― in my world of Hmong ppl (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 December 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I honestly can't stop listening to it. I'm going to overplay it before Christmas at this rate. I think I'm already half there!
― rihanna refurbished my dick (rennavate), Monday, 13 December 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
really liking this so far
― kanellos (gbx), Monday, 13 December 2010 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I like it in a "Dan Bejar can do no wrong" kinda way but it's a pretty weird album. I'm not going nuts over it so far. But like I said on the other thread I'm more of a Streethawk/This Night/Rubies kinda guy with Your Blues ranking toward the bottom. People who think Your Blues is his best album will love this.
Track 3 is my favorite so far, the one that has that rubbery New Order / Bunnymen bass line and is a little more propulsive.
― dmr, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone used 'yacht' as an adjective w/r/t this record yet
― thomp, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 10:05 (thirteen years ago) link
too morose to be yacht rock imo
it's ~smooth~ but in sort of a diff. way
― dmr, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess what i like is that its kinda yacht-y and balearic but still very much destroyer. like i just listened to some twin shadow track and it sounds slavish in comparison
― kanellos (gbx), Thursday, 16 December 2010 01:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't love this on first listen, but it's growing on me. I guess I miss the more dense/feverish/epic songs (Your Blues being my fav album), not that the smoother/easier ones aren't nice, mind you. Bay of Pigs feels like the meeting point of the two, and I love it. Seems that this may be his last record for a while, judging from this: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/12/catching-up-with-destroyer.html
― Charlesburg, Friday, 17 December 2010 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, I came across this, which is interesting: http://www.danielbejar.com/
What's the source of the distorted guitar figure just after halfway through 'Savage Night at the Opera'?
― thomp, Friday, 17 December 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
yo i heard a rumor p4k is gonna give this joint a 10.
― Mordy, Friday, 17 December 2010 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
It sounds a lot like the main riff from "Enola Gay" by OMD.
I just finished my review for Onethirtybpm and gave it 92%.
― Moogle, Friday, 17 December 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i expect this to get pretty favorable reviews all around, tbh.
― kanellos (gbx), Friday, 17 December 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
that's pretty funny
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/googleganger1.jpg
― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Friday, 17 December 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/googleganger2.jpg
― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Friday, 17 December 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/googleganger3.jpg
don't think i've ever written this on ilx before but o_O
― tylerw, Friday, 17 December 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
haha otm. knew i recognized that from somewhere
savage night at the opera is the best track by far imo
― dmr, Saturday, 18 December 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― Mordy, Friday, December 17, 2010 7:21 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
LOLZ don't start this again. There was the same rumor floating around about Rubies. But this is possibly better than Rubies...
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Unless of course, it's an actual rumor.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
lol, obv I was making a poorly formed Rubies joek
― Mordy, Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
That's what I thought lolz.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Saturday, 18 December 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
'too morose to be yacht' otm
― The Macallan 18 Year, Saturday, 18 December 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
man i love this guy
― k3vin k., Sunday, 19 December 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
this is the first album in a really really long time that i've had on permanent repeat
doesn't mean it's perfect obv (even to me) but damn it's ear wormy
― kanellos (gbx), Thursday, 23 December 2010 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i won't and i never will
― james fondleboy (k3vin k.), Thursday, 23 December 2010 04:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I WRITE POETRY FOR MYSELF I WRITE POETRY FOR MYSELF
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Thursday, 23 December 2010 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Perhaps Mirage scratches a bit of the same itch - ethereal vibe with focus on melody and percussion
― niels, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Buckingham track is smooth as hell
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
the laziest river is soo good
― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
yup
― niels, Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
you’re a permanent figure of jacked up sorrowI want you to love me
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
posters going ham on the sophisti-pop revivals the last couple days, I see
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
Time of the season?
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
I really really like the production on this one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
yeah, someone on the p4k thread suggested it sounds even better than its influences and I think that's true, at least production-wise
― niels, Thursday, 11 January 2018 06:00 (six years ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 11 January 2018 07:43 (six years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
Listening to As Falls Wichita, So Falls Witchita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays, getting very strong Laziest River vibes
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
They don't really sound that similar, but are both mellow epics
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 04:41 (five years ago) link
I'm getting those vibes too, thx for the recommendation
― niels, Friday, 25 May 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
― omgneto and ittanium mayne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 May 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
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.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
This record.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
Yeah, this record. <3
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
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.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 25 August 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
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
― niels, Sunday, 11 November 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
does this come in instrumental?― jaxon, Saturday, January 8, 2011 5:45 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ||||||||, Monday, 12 November 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
this man sounds like an elf
― ||||||||, Monday, 12 November 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
it's that time of the year folks
― gbx, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
get the elf off the shelf
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
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.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 23 November 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
the sound of an entire generation of music critics ossifying about half-remembered childhood referents
just playing, ilx!
― imago, Friday, 23 November 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
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)
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 23 November 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
it's not the terrible name that puts me off.
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
oh then what is it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
sophistihouse
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 01:36 (five years ago) link
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
― niels, Saturday, 24 November 2018 09:49 (five years ago) link
polite no
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Saturday, 24 November 2018 11:06 (five years ago) link
a friend of mine once described his voice as a cross between nick cave and kenny everett
― . (Michael B), Saturday, 24 November 2018 11:32 (five years ago) link
I actually like that Mr. TS song but I'm struggling to see much of a connection. That name though, sheesh.
― brokenshire (jed_), Saturday, 24 November 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
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.
― niels, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
i got a new tattoo
https://i.imgur.com/Nge8t6i.jpg
― gr8080, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
Excellent <3
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
8 years old. How.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
one of the greats
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
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)
― na (NA), Monday, 29 July 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
i'm not saying it's a great album or anything
thanks for the tip! this album is totally Blue Nile core.
― L'assie (Euler), Monday, 29 July 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
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
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 July 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
quite possibly my favourite album ever is 10 years old today, wow
― ufo, Monday, 25 January 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
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
― ufo, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 08:55 (three years ago) link
(he's the saxophonist on it)