Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)

ah, thanks. I've only heard Beast Moans, not the second one.

http://pitchfork.com/tv/youtube/18-city-of-music/310-destroyer-performs-libbys-first-sunrise/

Cool thx.

i'm actually a little embarrassed by how much i liked that

literally watching the end of the party through smoke

time itself is unable to decay the classic from this album

was just listening to part of this today. still so good

This is pretty much an Al Stewart album. Not bad.

Wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN3-0zbJrgU

i haven't listened to this since EOY lists last year.

still love this album, pretty much all of it. and uh yeah, otm about al stewart!

holds up well

Time Passages >>> Year of the Cat

Al is awesome. so is Kaputt, still. still listening to it tooooooons and recent live show was fantastic.

i had never heard of al stewart before, but thx thread!

Shintaro Sakamoto's "How to Live With a Phantom" kinda has a Kaputt thing goin on, I like it. Solo record by the ex lead singer of Yura Yura Teikoku on Other Music's record label.

not as world-weary though. but mad smooth.

kaputt is still so fucking good

yup, definitely one of my favorite records from the last years.
saw them live in a small club a few months ago and it was so good.
is there a new record on the way ?

i was ripped on dope, you were a ray of sunshine

New EP incoming

http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/2013/09/destroyer-announces-five-spanish-songs-ep-for-november-release/

yes !
I would have preferred original material though.

excited for anything this dude does but seems kinda weird

Destroyer will embark on a solo acoustic tour in November, and tickets are selling fast. This will be your last chance to see Destroyer live until 2015! A full list of dates is below.

if i'm only in to kaputt, is this worth going to see?

yes because you should be into more than kaputt

if i'm only in to kaputt, is this worth going to see?

for you -- probably not? hard to say what it will be until he starts doing the shows.

I'm a fan of pretty much everything he's done though ... think I'm gonna go to the Bowery Ballroom show.

I'd imagine if he plays anything from Kaputt it would be in a radically different form.

just checked and its almost sold out, but is also walking distance from my house... i will keep you guys updated.

going

When is it?

Oh I see

kaputt's such an incredible record (my favourite of the decade) that I'm scared to listen to anything else he's ever done. Am I cutting my nose off to spite my face here?

his other work is not really like kaputt in terms of mood or atmosphere but i mean, if you like his voice, his humor, his lyricism, there's plenty to like. the malkmus comparisons used to get thrown around a lot more often but it really is true in a lot of ways

where do I go next? shout out an album and I'll grab it.

"destroyer's rubies" is the consensus choice i think, or at least it was until kaputt came out

I feel like Your Blues is the most tonally similar to Kaputt. It's from 03 or 04 but a lot of the ideas in it are ones he returns to on Kaputt, and it's the least "indie rock"-feeling albums of his the pre-Kaputt work.

None of his other records are mixed to "fighting form" imo. Kind of never seemed necessary to my ears, his lines have always been too good to need Kaputt's sheen. "Your Blues" is my favourite but it sounds like a Kevin Blechdom record. "Rubies" is pretty classic, great vocal delivery.

I have to say that Streethawk and This Night are my two favorites behind Kaputt, which I guess isn't consensus but check them both out.

Another vote for Streethawk

Kaputt #1

kaputt > streethawk

Streethawk and Rubies.

yeah Rubies is great.

Such a great sound to Rubies, awesome guitar tone, great drums. All his records sound really good, even if the midi one is a bit weird.

I'd say Streethawk, Your Blues, Rubies and Kaputt are the essential Destroyer albums. Pretty much every album (except maybe for his very early stuff, which I never really got into) has its moments though.

If you like Kaputt, check out "Shooting Rockets" off of Troube in Dreams. Seems like an early attempt at the kind of stuff he would end up doing on Kaputt.

Rubies is the only other one besides Kaputt that I've really enjoyed. Haven't really been able to connect with the others.

"City of Daughters" is so underrated

^otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabZuP0FNQs

A new song is up!

https://soundcloud.com/mergerecords/destroyer-el-rito/

What do people make of it? Is anyone familiar with Sr. Chinarro?

that's rubbish. i am not sure but maybe the only spanish music that works for me is flamenco. it has also the advantage that it doesn't have lyrics. spanish singing usually turns me off, more than most other languages, i don't know why.

Wow, there are so many interesting wrong things in that post

Okay, so this album has suddenly clicked. I think when it came out there was a lot of anti-retro sentiment flying around and I became too caught-up in this record's reference points and influences to really enjoy it properly. Kind of loving it now.

been bumping this again (total winter album yeah?) and it holds up soooooo well, there are no words..... new (spanish-language) EP out today soundin good to me too