stop
― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link
ban wanko ergo sum.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 5 December 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
ALBUM OF NEXT YEAR!
(come on folks, lets start the hyperbole early!!!)
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
not feeling Foam Hands that much, I liked the live version that pitchfork posted earlier
there is also the Hello Blue Roses record out soon:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=56150015
― dmr, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations, Sean. Will check 'em out.
― Savannah Smiles, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard Pitchfork's gonna give it a 10.0
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 5 December 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ was gonna make this joke
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
thouugh ilxor did rambled on and on about Rubies at that time, the Destroyer talk stopped almost completely after the record came out.so i dont really think ilx has a Destroyer boner after all. people just enjoyed the bullshit talk
― Zeno, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
That's what happens when PR people usurp threads. The campaign ends, so does the slobbering.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah,i'm naive.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
but wait, i thought this was i LOVE music...
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
i really dug rubies and from the few times i've heard it this one's good as well. neither of them's a streethawk but they do the grandiose ridiculous epic thing pretty well, i think.
― pretzel walrus, Thursday, 6 December 2007 06:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder what's "Plaza Trinidad" is about. (will the lyrics of this record will be good for a good drinking game as well?)
― Zeno, Thursday, 6 December 2007 07:01 (sixteen years ago) link
in the meantime,the other current Destroyer project "hello,blue roses" (with the catchy title:"The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty..." )is leaked.
― Zeno, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 15:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, did I click on a Destroyer thread by mistake?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:08 (sixteen years ago) link
and it sounds like yet another unnecessary joni-mitchell-meets--indie effort
― Zeno, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
"Oh, did I click on a Destroyer thread by mistake"
self-denial?!
― Zeno, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I dunno. I like the rekkids, just not the threads about them.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, did I bookmark a Destroyer thread by mistake?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
this one is still innocence though.(not for a lone time prob.)
― Zeno, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Beggars might ride, but not for long.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
leaky leaky
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 03:58 (sixteen years ago) link
and?
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 10:43 (sixteen years ago) link
awesome
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
not as immediately great as rubies (or at least nothing's hit me straight-on like 'painter in your pocket') but the instrument on this is so fleshed-out and great
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 10:45 (sixteen years ago) link
yammy!
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 10:46 (sixteen years ago) link
a pfrk 10 maybe...
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i can't tell if ppl will think this is great or if im just falling for it bcuz it's really good and sounds a lot like rubies
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 10:51 (sixteen years ago) link
well,according to this: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/destroyer/trouble_in_dreams/
ppl will think it's great.
i think it's great too, it catchs you up on the first listening.
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 10:55 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shit is that really the cover?
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 10:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i think at least some of the tracks were recorded live on the studio
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 11:00 (sixteen years ago) link
hopefully not cuz that looks like it was made on indesign xp
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:00 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah there's one in the middle where you can hear bejar briefly chatting then counting off the band
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:01 (sixteen years ago) link
about the cover, i'm not sure, it might be also this one - a better one for sure: http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/archives/000832.shtml
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
hypertext record for optional drinking games - out
rubies melodies and the "da da da da..." - still in
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 11:22 (sixteen years ago) link
spidery guitar lines- still in
wailing piano- still in
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:29 (sixteen years ago) link
so far i think
back half (esp 'introducing angels' and on)>front
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:32 (sixteen years ago) link
almost no surprises,but thats a good think. (i mean, i'm not one of the "your blues fan)
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
good thing
totally agree
i went into destroyer starting w/ rubies and didn't like notorious lightning or your blues half as much
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:35 (sixteen years ago) link
so u like the less poppy and more talky part
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 11:36 (sixteen years ago) link
kind of
i like rambling singing + da da das + awesome guitar peels
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:38 (sixteen years ago) link
not that the first half isn't also great
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:39 (sixteen years ago) link
"this night" is the destroyer record of that formula, i think (destroyer might be trying here to re-create the live atmosphere of that record)
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 11:40 (sixteen years ago) link
"jenny fell like a ton of bricks" "WHOOOOOOOSH" "jenny fell like a ton of bricks" ".......WHOOOOOOOOOOSH"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 18 January 2008 11:44 (sixteen years ago) link
this is lovely. luscious, like. the tone of the instruments reminds me of In Rainbows but maybe just because ...In Dreams. reminds me of that. the opening song is so great. i'm only half-way through listening, though.
― sean gramophone, Friday, 18 January 2008 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link
This album is Mellotron central!
― Davey D, Friday, 18 January 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Some serious stoner moments in the middle, too...
Does it have that shambling 70s rock feel to it, like Rubies did?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 January 2008 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
v harry nilsson
― sean gramophone, Friday, 18 January 2008 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
That makes it sound v. different from Rubies, which reminded me of 70s Bowie.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 January 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
dunno 70s bowie, really. definitely it's closest destroyer peers are Destroyer's Rubies and This Night. he seems to have worked pretty hard to make it sound pretty.
― sean gramophone, Friday, 18 January 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
the 2nd half is like "rubies" - the song. the first half is like "your blues" - the song. the sound is somewhere in like "rubies" with live-vibe.
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
ok i was way off. having spent more time with it it's not nilsson-like at all, or particularly pretty. in fact, i don't think musically it's that great. jammy in a way that's putting me off right now. lyrics are tops, though, all nonsense and vivacity.
― sean gramophone, Friday, 18 January 2008 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
"shooting rockets" and the last song are dramatic, pretty and somewhat depressing. i think i'll like this record.
― Zeno, Friday, 18 January 2008 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
"Shooting Rockets" is AWE-SOME
― Davey D, Saturday, 19 January 2008 00:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Libby's First Sunrise" is so good
― dmr, Saturday, 19 January 2008 00:47 (sixteen years ago) link
where the hell are you all hearing this?
― iago g., Saturday, 19 January 2008 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
nevermind
― iago g., Saturday, 19 January 2008 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
first response. same wobbly guitar leads, new? use of mellotron strings, not nearly as many girl's names, nowhere near Rubies (except Shooting Rockets)--my ambivalence is sure to turn rapidly to wildly inordinate overpraise upon repeated listens
― iago g., Saturday, 19 January 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
the biggest difference between "trouble" and "rubies" is that on this one there are less hooks .but still it's great and very enjoyeble.
― Zeno, Saturday, 19 January 2008 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link
nothing is hitting me quite like "painter in yr pocket" or "european oils" just yet.
― Simon H., Saturday, 19 January 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe cause there are almost no hooks,and no catch-phrases..
― Zeno, Saturday, 19 January 2008 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
enjoying the 'da-da-duh-duh-da-dee-daa-dada' section of rivers quite a bit
― The Macallan 18 Year, Saturday, 19 January 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
yep. "Rivers" is second best behind "Libby" I think
the lyrics seem more .... straightforward than usual
― dmr, Saturday, 19 January 2008 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
...if u can understand them
― Zeno, Saturday, 19 January 2008 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
"i've got street despair caught into my heart..." "i was starving in that shit-house" "youve been wanderin' around,youve been fuckin' around" "1993 - it was a good year, it was a very good year..."
― Zeno, Saturday, 19 January 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?referrerid=112033&t=6711391
― s1ocki, Saturday, 19 January 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, i've googled this forum too.. aside from body builder,it's a well known fact that Destroyer is also popular among accountants and bridge players
― Zeno, Saturday, 19 January 2008 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
lololol zeno ftw
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 20 January 2008 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link
this is growing at me to be the most disturbing,sometimes depressingly serious and maybe the best Destroyer release yet. getting closer to Reed's "Berlin" and nick cave, and far away from "hunky dory"
― Zeno, Monday, 28 January 2008 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1192657.jpg
― Zeno, Monday, 28 January 2008 13:25 (sixteen years ago) link
the sense of depression,surrealism and insanity in this record is rare to find in records, and it strikes with great emotional power. in short, it's the strongest Destroyer record to date i really think bejar is in the same league as scott walker, lou reed and nick cave.at their best i mean.
"we live in darkness the light is a dream you see...the light holds a terrible secret.."
― Zeno, Thursday, 31 January 2008 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
After a couple of spins, I don't like it as much as Rubies. It's more bummed out, less ecstatic, less catchy. The song "Shooting Rockets.." is an impressive depressive reverie though - perhaps the one song that best approaches the peaks of Rubies - and there are some pretty, catchy tunes in the first half. The lyrics seem to be struggling a bit on this one.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I just relistened to this yesterday and am trying to figure out why I don't like it nearly as much as Rubies, despite the fact that the sound is fairly similar. I think yeah, it's just a little less catchy.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I also think Bejar doesn't really sell it as much this time - he sounds a bit fatigued, less sure of himself, grappling with doubt.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i think it's actually a bit better than "rubies",BECAUSE it's less catchy
― Zeno, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't decided where this places in the Destroyer pantheon yet, but it does feature my new favorite Bejar pun: "I was wringing a bell's neck!"
― Simon H., Thursday, 27 March 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I think that to get away with singing nonsense it's important to sound utterly sure of yourself. Bejar pulled this off beautifully on Rubies. But to listlessly and apologetically sing nonsense wears on the listener's patience.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 March 2008 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
This has grown on me a bit, esp. "Rivers". I still don't like it as much as Rubies though.
There was an interesting Q&A with Bejar on eMusic recently where he said that he was listening a lot to Dylan's Christian-period albums while making Rubies - I definitely hear that in the singing.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
saw him last week on tour for this record, it was one of the best shows I've seen him play
setlist was mostly This Night / Trouble in Dreams with a couple from Rubies .... any set that ends with Hey Snow White I'm gonna be cool with it
― dmr, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
they're not playing anything from Streethawk or Thief though :/
― dmr, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i didn't know what time it was at all
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 9 June 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
yeah, that one always sticks
― niels, Saturday, 9 June 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
the Rubies - Trouble in Dreams combo remains my favorite era of Destroyer by far
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 9 June 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
nah it's cool you go i'll stay perfectly at home with this dreaddark leaves form a thread
― Heez, Sunday, 24 February 2019 04:52 (five years ago) link