Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)

Destroyer's Kaputt is a truly timeless record; its music the score for all seasons.

the last time I was really into Kaputt was summer 2012; before that, winter 2010-1; now it's winter 2013-4... maybe I'm just on an 18-month cycle

... but when I get a "winter" vibe off the album it's from e.g. the long instrumental intros to "Kara Walker" or "Bay of Pigs" (yes I know these are two tracks that least belong to the album proper)—a sadness like wind, whose coldness & passage across your face are more important than whatever baggage (leaves/trash/snow) it happens to be dragging around the parking lot

also: "Poor in Love" chiming gtr reminds me of some other song that I associate with New Year's—maybe a confused subconscious U2 association?

Destroyer's Kaputt is a truly timeless record; its music the score for all seasons.

― 乓乒 (gr8080), Tuesday, November 26, 2013 5:53 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

People really LOVE this album, eh? I am def coming round to it but still not sure it's CLASSIC yet.

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Saw Bejar solo last week -- totally good show, though actually a bit light on Kaputt tunes (I think just "downtown" and "chinatown").

listening to Five Spanish Songs via Spotify right now. i can see why we really haven't talked about it. it's fine and all but nothing as great as his other stuff.

a truly fantastic album.

hey, mystic prince of the purlieu at night!

just chiming in to agree, gr80

http://i.imgur.com/Yqf8sGT.gif

~sounds smash hits melody maker nme all sound like a dream to me~

'i write poetry for myself i write poetry for myself...'

awesome album and embarrassing to the rest of us that it's his fifth or sixth best

I was bathed in golden sunlight, alright?

in with the jazz flute before Bill Callahan

I thumbed through the books on your shelf

in a pinch
in the sky
in your eye

finally got the vinyl so I can hear this laziest river business

truly a record for all seasons

still one of my favourite albums of the last x years.
is there a new one planned ?

From December 2013 interview:

"In 2014, I'm going to try and make a record! Hopefully I'll have something done by the end of the year."

So fingers crossed

eheh, thanks. that sounds like a plan !

i wouldn't expect it to sound like Kaputt though

I'd be very happy with more ambient disco explorations and spoken word ruminations.

five Spanish songs was pretty great

it's no Kaputt though

https://soundcloud.com/destroyerband/dream-lover

yesss

huh a new version of Archer on the Beach is going to be on this

I enjoyed this

Is the beginning of this "Jungleland" or what?

like this song a lot
kind of OD'd on kaputt, but feel like i could go back to it now...

I love this song.

aw shit, here comes the sun.

Love it. Also, the first verse is parodying Springsteen lyrics, right?

'Dream lover, I know
Someone's idea of fun
You and me, thoughts on city
Lovers on the run'

You and me, thoughts on city... That's pretty much every Springsteen/Hold Steady lyric ever.

not a Mariah Carey cover :(

I'd like to hear him hit Mariah's high note in that one!

The bassline from Cemetery Gates is in there somewhere, right?

http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9651-accidental-pop-a-conversation-with-destroyers-dan-bejar/

kinda disappointing that he's lost interest in the 'pop' of kaputt

I'm the opposite, all the dour-and-not-pop stuff in this interview is making me quite optimistic about this new record (I didn't care for Kaputt)

I loved Kaputt, by far the best he's done imo, but it was great in a way that could be done with a lot of different sounds. I love Dream Lover as well, so I have hope.

I love Kaputt and don't expect him to repeat it (or me to care about the band again).

Alfred, did you hear Five Spanish Songs? not sure how it would play to someone who actually understands the lyrics, but I found it an interesting companion piece to Kaputt sonically

Kaputt is easily my favourite, and Dream Lover keeps the feel of the band from Kaputt despite kinda returning to his usual 70's-ish style so I'm quite hopeful. The press release mentions Prefab Sprout etc. which I know were a big influence on Kaputt so if that's still evident it'll be nice.

bernard: I have. It's pretty!

What originally got me hooked on Destroyer was how spot on the Ziggy Stardust sound was on Streethawk, so I'm pretty thrilled this record goes for "70s Springsteen/Bowie street-rock".

@frederik
You and me, thoughts on city
Lovers on the run
is hilarious as Springsteen parody