I'm recent to Destroyer, having only heard Kaputt this year, and only now another with his latest, but it just struck me on "Tintoretto" that there's a David Tibet aspect to him. The mystique, the spoken word full of pathos and disassociated, attraction for piano and ambient/dance electronics, formula applicable to any sound, the fan obsession. Maybe a bit of a stretch. Anyway, I like the new album.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 10:26 (two years ago) link
Obsessed with the second half of ‘June’.
― triggercut, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
new album is my fav thing he's done in a long time
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 14:20 (two years ago) link
its good feels like a logical extension of the last one but more uptempo
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 May 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
"all my pretty dresses" an instant fav, beautiful song
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 May 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
someone should make a soundboard that embeds additional gratuitous sound effects into "It Takes a Thief."
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 22 May 2022 05:42 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2f_7OCWXtc
full show video
― ufo, Sunday, 29 May 2022 01:29 (one year ago) link
wish audio was better
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 30 May 2022 11:10 (one year ago) link
Saw him live for the first time recently. He seemed a little shy at first. It took him a few songs to get in the zone (the zone is brimstone and wire), but once he got there he was pretty good. He gave me the biggest introvert vibes I've ever seen off a live performer of his caliber.
They played actually very little of the new album! But the production on the record is so weird that I guess it'd be hard to reproduce live. It was cool to hear a lot of older material. They closed the show with a couple Kaputt tracks, which made me happy.
― OneSecondBefore, Monday, 30 May 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
I've seen Destroyer three times, and, perhaps unusually, Bejar seemed most comfortable at the show where he played solo acoustic.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 30 May 2022 19:10 (one year ago) link
Why do you say that might be unusual? Makes sense to me, given his beginnings.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 6 June 2022 22:53 (one year ago) link
I saw them last night. My abiding memory of the gig? The bass player's performance! Slap bass with flapping combover and staring eyes...
― giraffe, Friday, 7 October 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
I can picture Bejar singing that last sentence.
― Chris L, Friday, 7 October 2022 11:14 (one year ago) link
haha
― giraffe, Friday, 7 October 2022 12:38 (one year ago) link
Slap bass with flapping combover and staring eyes/Remind me again how much we're going to pay these guys
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Friday, 7 October 2022 14:30 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBhxLRwsOyQ
new one-off single with sandro perri
― ufo, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 20:51 (one year ago) link
meandering
kept waiting for it to start
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 20 October 2022 13:14 (one year ago) link
The back half of Labyrinths is really fun. This album is really clicking for me now as one of the best of the year.
― Chris L, Friday, 28 October 2022 00:38 (one year ago) link
"Suffer" cracked me up every time I heard it because I thought the distorted voice at the beginning was randomly saying "Sega!" Turns out it's "Say it!"
― Chris L, Friday, 3 February 2023 14:28 (one year ago) link