Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)

I can't imagine spending enough time with his records to get into his 'difficult' vocal schtick if it wasn't for the draw of gorgeous kaputt-esque music. Hearing Kaputt, and eventually getting to like the vocals for what they are has got me look into the earlier records, but they are nowhere near as immediate for me.

dunno, i guess there are people out there who like 80s leonard cohen, but can't be bothered with the guy's folkier early stuff?

haha -- I prefer eighties Cohen, mostly for the way in which the vocals play off the rickety Casio presets.

well, yeah, if push came to shove i might say i prefer 80s/90s/00s cohen, but i also love his early stuff. seems like a lot of people here aren't into bejar at all except for this album.

It seems like a lot of people here aren't into bejar at all except for this album.

I'm def one of those.

what was that first clip that's been removed?

oops, sorry--i see it was the demo

I just noticed that the Harvard Crimson gave Kaputt a negative review....BWAHHAHAHA

googled it out of curiosity, wow that's p.bad

Whatever Bejar is trying to express here, he does so with typical poetic flair.

Bejar’s most infuriating characteristic is his imperturbability. Nothing seems able to shake him out of his complacent monotone.

*imagining The Social Network as scored by 2011-era Bejar instead of Trent Reznor*

I like how the demo ends with that flute melody, I was wondering if that would turn up in this version. That melody is easily my favorite part of this entire album.

dmr otm

I am? When?

The Laziest River is amazing.

yeah, it's not just some throwaway track, hard to listen to the album w/o it

in some weird way it makes "bay of pigs" make more sense?

i gotta get my hands on that

via jaxon on the balearic thread

http://mediumrotation.blogspot.com/2011/01/destroyer-kaputt.html

― jaxon, Sunday, February 6, 2011 8:05 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark

Like this fine but prefer lots of other Destroyer albums or any Denim album.

you were otm in pretty much all your posts, dmr.

I wonder if we will ever go back to Sh4rlene's for the trivia contest again

having 5 beers on work night: very difficult.

I may actually buy this album.

Oh man, "Laziest River" is fantastic.

It's cool. It's the best thing on it, but it's not quite on it.

Well, it's not on my (digital) copy, so I'm just now listening to it via that blog post.

Anyone know whether/when this will get a UK release?

I do find it oddly fascinating that apparently so many folks (myself included) that have never particularly liked Destroyer do like this one a lot. It'd be really funny if everyone that liked Destroyer before hated this one, and everyone that didn't liked it. Like, a total 180.

it is interesting because i don't really hear the songwriting being all that different here -- i can imagine all the songs being done in one of the earlier styles. but yeah, must have something to do with the instrumentation/style of singing.

Wow, "The Laziest River" is like the score from "Rain Man" crossed with Tangerine Dream's "Risky Business" score. It's great.

Oh, and "Love is a Battlefield."

You know who (predictably) hates this album? Jim DeRogatis.

Link?

Destroyer on Jimmy Fallon next Tuesday, Feb. 22, BTW.

http://audio.soundopinions.org/streams/2011/02/destroyerreview.mp3

Man, that "Laziest River" is killing me. Now hearing "Eyes Without a Face," Blue Nile ... how did this not make the album? Just too long? How is it presented on the LP? As its own side?

"This is Oscar Wilde on speed!"

I'll ask again: how the fuck does this fool even write sentences?

Ha, I just listened to that, and Kot mentioned Blue Nile's "Hats," which is exactly what I had in mind.

(And for what it's worth, I've seen Destroyer live with Greg before, and we spent much of the set making fun of it. Count him another convert, I guess.)

lmbo @ kot + dero

GUY FROM NEW PORNOGRAPHERS MADE A NEW ALBUM. SOUNDS LIKE 80'S.

How is it presented on the LP?

As its own side

as far as i'm concerned, the LP is the definitive version of this album
laziest river makes all the difference. it's definitely not a bonus track, unless you also consider bay of pigs a bonus track

Destroyer on Jimmy Fallon next Tuesday, Feb. 22, BTW.
― All you have to do is combine 1 to 7 with (a) to (d) and you should ha (Phil D.), Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:15 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

I just read on some board that a guy named "JP" from Arcade Fire will be joining Destroyer on Fallon (can't imagine Bejar liking Arcade Fire tho!)

y not?

calling it now: Kaputt to win grammy for best album next year

not a chance

calling it now: kapput to win grammy for best album next year

Calling it now, "Kaputt" will go gold.*

*In accordance with new downgraded RIAA standards, the "gold" designation now means selling 25,000 copies.

calling it now: ilm backlash during end of year list season will result in Kaputt being the 2011 equivalent of Merriweather Post Pavilion and 85% of the board will claim to have never liked it in the first place

Merriweather what?

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but the much maligned album by Animal Collective that was all over year-end lists two years ago, much to the ire of many ilxors. It was part of the dreaded GAPDY poll result axis of evil.

there's no way, merriweather was almost universally acclaimed. this one's been pretty lukewarm

acclaimed by critics and fans alike, I should say

I was mostly being sarcastic with my prediction, just playing off the early year record gets tons of buzz only to have people turn on it by the end of the year.