(not that I wouldn't listen to an instrumental version of the album!)
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
idk maybe its more that i just find the vocals kindof intrusive, i gen. have a high threshold for crap indie voices and i realise that this isnt partic. bad on that scale
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, they're definitely prominent (altho maybe a little more in the background, compared to the last few albums?) — for me, it never quite reaches the point of 'pulling me out of' the music but i can where it might for someone else
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
sara walker is currently top of my list if only for `moment' when it shifts from formless opening to groovy
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 10 January 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah totally
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
thinking about sbing anyone who talks bad about his voice from this point on
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
what is the deal w/ this guys voice?
― plax (ico), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
awesomeness is the deal iirc
― "jobs" (a hoy hoy), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
destroyer's on some erudite glam shit
― champagne for my t-friends (Edward III), Tuesday, December 7, 2010 2:49 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― dmr, Monday, 10 January 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
does anyone know about his band on this one? i mean since it's not released no official liner notes exist yet, but damn. either those are some badass hired hands or there could be a side project floating around somewhere or something
with this and the caribou album, merge records is making a weird turn towards the awesome
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Monday, 10 January 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
which is totally unexpected, but then again i stopped giving a shit about merge long ago so wtf do i kno
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Monday, 10 January 2011 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
im not sure if this is as good as 'streethawk' or 'city of daughters' but its p fantastic
kinda feel like this is his 'i'm your man' record esp whats he doing w/ his voice. & the sax!!! just the lyricless ba-da-dum stuff on 'savage night at the opera' & the use of repetition (such a great mood piece) and how gentle it seems but then how vicious it gets as it goes!!!
― ⊚ ⓪ ㉧ ☉ ๏ ʘ ◉ ◎ ⓞ Ⓞ (Lamp), Monday, 10 January 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
does anyone know about his band on this one?
don't know who it is but for the live show he's billed as traveling with an "eight-piece synth-jazz orchestra" (including the woman who does all the backing vocals)
― dmr, Monday, 10 January 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i should check out streethawk? i've got rubies and your blues and rubies was always tough to get into, and i only really gave your blues another try because of this album and appreciate it a lot more than i did before.
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
streethawk is v much a different sound and aesthetic but its also a lot more naked and confrontational so i guess it depends on what in particular u like abt this record
― ⊚ ⓪ ㉧ ☉ ๏ ʘ ◉ ◎ ⓞ Ⓞ (Lamp), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
don't want to turn this into a streethawk thread (esp. since there's already a poll thread going rt now) but it's def. an awesome record and it's probably easier to "get" what he's doing vocally & lyrically in the context of his more glam / Bowie phase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV75zugzPJc
i.e. I totally disagree with this from upthread but to each his own:
which i guess is to say his thing works better without the usual trad-rock-sounding backing band
― dmr, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I have a hard time getting into his rock ensemble stuff. his words are so precise and his delivery so idiosyncratic that sloppy indie moves make for a mushy listen (thinking more about the stuff from rubies or this night or trouble in dreams when he's trying to be neil young and less the bowie moves of streethawk). seems like midi-symphonies and highly syncopated pitter-patter throw his vocals into perfect relief. don't really get the complaints about his voice, if kaputt had some pretty vocals I prolly wouldn't even be listening tbh.
the lead guitarist on kaputt is the same guy he's used for years. I remember around the time of rubies he was on this "destroyer is a band now" kick, not sure how many of the other players are the same tho.
― i would just like to point out that i have been orange & teal itt (Edward III), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
btw all of america lives to light its pipe at night
― i would just like to point out that i have been orange & teal itt (Edward III), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
streethawk's most like rubies in sound, with standard rock instrumentation. though it's played straighter than rubies, and there's less groove and less indie sloppiness all around iirc
― ciderpress, Monday, 10 January 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
xp more or less
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 10 January 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
sooo damn good! jan 25 can't come soon enough!!
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
btw if anyone has a copy of 'bay of pigs' theyd sell me that would kick @$$
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Monday, 10 January 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently she wrote some of the lyrics for it? wld be curious to know which!― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, January 10, 2011
I think I read somewhere that he used quotations from an interview with her that he read in an art magazine. For those who don't know her work, she is an African-American artist who plays with racial stereotypes going back to the Civil War, and her medium are black "silhouette" cutouts
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Nic Bragg is the guitarist and Sibel Thrasher is the woman singing. Dunno about anyone else.
― i love it when a suggest ban comes together (cajunsunday), Monday, 10 January 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
See I don't like Bejar on Streethawk to be honest, I think he's better when he tempered his idiosyncrasies a bit and wasn't so all over the place, delivery-wise.
― rihanna rennavated my dick (rennavate), Monday, 10 January 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Chinatown is right up my street on some 79 MOR disco vibe like nicolette larson or summat - can't wait for the lp
― out comes stanley, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i'm gonna get this on vinyl for sure.
― ullr saves (gbx), Monday, 10 January 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
can you imagine meeting a woman and hearing her say "My name is Sibel Thrasher and I sing in a band called Destroyer."
?!
― gr8080, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
oops Thrasher should be italicized not Sibel
― gr8080, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
AT THE PARK OR AT THE PIERWATCHIN SHIPS DISAPPEARIN THE RAIN
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:53 (thirteen years ago) link
rain in forecast this week thinking about taking a sick day field trip to the oakland docks
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/01/05/destroyer-announces-2011-tour-dates/
― The Macallan 18 Year, Monday, 10 January 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not a "lyrics guy" but his words have always scanned so beautifully to me
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
you terrify the land, you are pestle and mortaryou're first love's new order, mother nature's sunking of the everglades. population one.i write poetry for myselfi write poetry for myself
you're a permanent figure of jacked up sorrowi want you to love meyou send me a coffin of rosesi guess that's the way that things go these days
take pills, for instancei heard they're no good for youi won't and i never willshe said, "i won't and i never will"blue eyes
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7914-destroyer/
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome interview. bejar rules
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
And I'm just a sucker for new-agey synth sounds and instrumentation.
love this guy
― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I did most of the vocals while fixing myself a sandwich.
/!\ attn jordan s /!\
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
man this is an excellent, honest interview
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
lol i have listened to the entire album all the way through roughly 45 times in the last month
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
probably 25 times in the last week for me
― gr8080, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
only got it this wkend, listened to it abt 5 so far (never usually do that)
― just sayin, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 08:31 (thirteen years ago) link
bejar total sandwich bro
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 January 2011 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
chinatown, suicide demo, & title track are all total awesomeness. kinda think bay of pigs sticks out too much, especially considering that it probably pushes it to double lp length.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Strikes me as a ham on dark rye kinda guy
― The Macallan 18 Year, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it does btw, at least according to amazon.
and yeah its a good song but I'm not sure I'm on board with the whole "its epic and amazing!!!!!" stuff I've read. it feels capstoney and w/e but other tracks are much stronger.
― ullr saves (gbx), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
"bay of pigs" is certainly one of the best songs on this but i sometimes end this album after the second to last song - i've heard "bay of pigs" dozens of times and it was on my 2009 ballot. i don't like it any less tho
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
when he gets to the "It's got that swiiiiing..." line i always think of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgcpKOnutOc
― gr8080, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah bay of pigs is like a nice extra. don't need to hear it every time, but it's an incredible piece of music regardless of context and takes nothing away from the album that precedes it.
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
and for some reason makes me want to reread Pynchon's V.