New Destroyer!!!

barker · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:43 am

stereogum Wrote:

"Epic" gets thrown a lot, but when hearing something like Destroyer's "Bay Of Pigs," I feel the need to go back in time and choose my words differently. The almost 14-minute "ambient disco" track takes up the entire Side A of Dan Bejar's forthcoming limited-edition Bay Of Pigs EP. Ostensibly it tackles the 1961 invasion of Cuba of the same name, but like most of Bejar's work, there are dozens of threads (and amazing lines delivered with tossed-off cool) running through it. For instance, "Magnolia's a girl, her heart's made of wood / as apocalypses go that's pretty good -- sha la la -- wouldn't you say?" And: "Love is a political beast with jaws for a mouth, / I don't care." We're told to remove our spurs and our antlers, reminded that the tide comes in and the tide goes away (all the time), and learn about a vomitous walk in an English Garden, a girl named Christine who throws our narrator into rages, a guy who was born in the South with a father from the North, etc. Bejar presents the details over a mostly electro backdrop, complete with strums and layered voices. Sit down and really listen to this one. It's his The Savage Detectives, or something.

http://stereogum.com/archives/album_art ... _medium=tw

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:19 am

sweet. i'm excited.

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:34 am

I still for some reason just cannot get into anything Destroyer's put out, but I always give them chance every time a new album comes 'round. But to date, nothin' doin'.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:11 am

stereogum Wrote:

like most of Bejar's work, there are dozens of threads (and amazing lines delivered with tossed-off cool) running through it. For instance, "Magnolia's a girl, her heart's made of wood / as apocalypses go that's pretty good -- sha la la -- wouldn't you say?" And: "Love is a political beast with jaws for a mouth, / I don't care."

Anyone who thinks those are examples of good or interesting lyrics needs to be taken out behind the barn for the Ol' Yeller treatment.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:24 am

Vanlandingham Wrote:

I still for some reason just cannot get into anything Destroyer's put out, but I always give them chance every time a new album comes 'round. But to date, nothin' doin'.

He's the ultimate feast or famine. When he's great, few are better (Rubies, Streethawk), but when he's bad he's unlistenable (Your Blues).

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

whoa bob, your blues is very good

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:31 am

Patrick is right.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:48 am

God bless you guys who like him but he'll never see another dime of my money.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:53 am

Patrick Wrote:

whoa bob, your blues is very good

too much cheesy '80s synth for my liking

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:56 am

Rick Derris Wrote:

God bless you guys who like him but he'll never see another dime of my money.

(Not to come in here and shit but) I can't even take him watered down in the New Prons. Full strength would just be torture. "Whimsical Billygoat" is not a desirable vocal style.

shiv · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:03 pm

iran is opening for him later this month but i might just go see them in september when the fruit bats are headlining.

this sounds like doug henning in a rock band.

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:24 pm

Hmmm.... listening to this now. Don't really know what to think. I like the occasional ambient "disco" track, so I like the vibe of this. Kind of weird paired with Bejar's voice, but I think I may like this.

If you're ONLY interested in the song "Bay of Pigs", like me, you can stream it here at Stereogum

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:03 pm

"ambient disco" just made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I guess I need to hear it now, just to figure out how those two genres can be smashed together.

As for the Destroyer camp, I really, really liked Rubies...but it took me a few months to get into it. That was my first jump into his work. Previously, I wrote it off. It got such amazingly positive reviews I bought it, so I felt like I had to at least try to like it.

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:09 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

"ambient disco" just made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I guess I need to hear it now, just to figure out how those two genres can be smashed together.

As for the Destroyer camp, I really, really liked Rubies...but it took me a few months to get into it. That was my first jump into his work. Previously, I wrote it off. It got such amazingly positive reviews I bought it, so I felt like I had to at least try to like it.

Same here. Rubies was my #1 album in 2006.

barker · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:32 pm

discostu Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

"ambient disco" just made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I guess I need to hear it now, just to figure out how those two genres can be smashed together.

As for the Destroyer camp, I really, really liked Rubies...but it took me a few months to get into it. That was my first jump into his work. Previously, I wrote it off. It got such amazingly positive reviews I bought it, so I felt like I had to at least try to like it.

Same here. Rubies was my #1 album in 2006.

me too

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:44 pm

you just have to trust bejar these days

FT · **Posted:** Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:10 pm

barker Wrote:

discostu Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

"ambient disco" just made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I guess I need to hear it now, just to figure out how those two genres can be smashed together.

As for the Destroyer camp, I really, really liked Rubies...but it took me a few months to get into it. That was my first jump into his work. Previously, I wrote it off. It got such amazingly positive reviews I bought it, so I felt like I had to at least try to like it.

Same here. Rubies was my #1 album in 2006.

me too

me three

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