Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)

sophistihouse

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

polite no

a friend of mine once described his voice as a cross between nick cave and kenny everett

I actually like that Mr. TS song but I'm struggling to see much of a connection. That name though, sheesh.

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.

i got a new tattoo

https://i.imgur.com/Nge8t6i.jpg

Excellent <3

8 years old. How.

one of the greats

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)

i'm not saying it's a great album or anything

thanks for the tip! this album is totally Blue Nile core.

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

quite possibly my favourite album ever is 10 years old today, wow

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

(he's the saxophonist on it)