found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1nuO0iVX_s
― talk talk talk (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, that's rad. i've been wanting to hear that demo of "demo." you can hear a solo acoustic version of "chinatown" here. sorry if someone's posted it already.http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Destroyer/Destroyer_Live_on_CBC_Radio_3_10022009/Chinatown
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
better quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGzM4coJ8v8
― talk talk talk (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
flopson so otm
― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
bejar's singing works better for me than on any of the other destroyer albums i've heard and the music is pretty incredible. i tried to get/w streethawk and your blues but couldn't really stand them. might give rubies and w/e the last one was another shot, though.
― omar little, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
rubies is prob next most listenable to non bejar lifers
― flopson, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa i love that acoustic "chinatown" - so violent!
― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't imagine spending enough time with his records to get into his 'difficult' vocal schtick if it wasn't for the draw of gorgeous kaputt-esque music. Hearing Kaputt, and eventually getting to like the vocals for what they are has got me look into the earlier records, but they are nowhere near as immediate for me.
― Vasco da Gama, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno, i guess there are people out there who like 80s leonard cohen, but can't be bothered with the guy's folkier early stuff?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
haha -- I prefer eighties Cohen, mostly for the way in which the vocals play off the rickety Casio presets.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
well, yeah, if push came to shove i might say i prefer 80s/90s/00s cohen, but i also love his early stuff. seems like a lot of people here aren't into bejar at all except for this album.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
It seems like a lot of people here aren't into bejar at all except for this album.
I'm def one of those.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
what was that first clip that's been removed?
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
oops, sorry--i see it was the demo
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I just noticed that the Harvard Crimson gave Kaputt a negative review....BWAHHAHAHA
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
googled it out of curiosity, wow that's p.bad
Whatever Bejar is trying to express here, he does so with typical poetic flair.
Bejar’s most infuriating characteristic is his imperturbability. Nothing seems able to shake him out of his complacent monotone.
― proso_Opopoeia (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 9 February 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
*imagining The Social Network as scored by 2011-era Bejar instead of Trent Reznor*
― gr8080, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I like how the demo ends with that flute melody, I was wondering if that would turn up in this version. That melody is easily my favorite part of this entire album.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
dmr otm
― James Tipitina, Jr. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 February 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I am? When?
The Laziest River is amazing.
― dmr, Friday, 11 February 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, it's not just some throwaway track, hard to listen to the album w/o it
in some weird way it makes "bay of pigs" make more sense?
― it made me wish batman had written an article on mfas (Edward III), Friday, 11 February 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i gotta get my hands on that
― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Friday, 11 February 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
via jaxon on the balearic thread
http://mediumrotation.blogspot.com/2011/01/destroyer-kaputt.html
― jaxon, Sunday, February 6, 2011 8:05 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark
― dmr, Friday, 11 February 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Like this fine but prefer lots of other Destroyer albums or any Denim album.
you were otm in pretty much all your posts, dmr.
― The 33 1/3 Policeman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder if we will ever go back to Sh4rlene's for the trivia contest again
― The 33 1/3 Policeman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
having 5 beers on work night: very difficult.
I may actually buy this album.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, "Laziest River" is fantastic.
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
It's cool. It's the best thing on it, but it's not quite on it.
― The 33 1/3 Policeman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, it's not on my (digital) copy, so I'm just now listening to it via that blog post.
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone know whether/when this will get a UK release?
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I do find it oddly fascinating that apparently so many folks (myself included) that have never particularly liked Destroyer do like this one a lot. It'd be really funny if everyone that liked Destroyer before hated this one, and everyone that didn't liked it. Like, a total 180.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
it is interesting because i don't really hear the songwriting being all that different here -- i can imagine all the songs being done in one of the earlier styles. but yeah, must have something to do with the instrumentation/style of singing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, "The Laziest River" is like the score from "Rain Man" crossed with Tangerine Dream's "Risky Business" score. It's great.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, and "Love is a Battlefield."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
You know who (predictably) hates this album? Jim DeRogatis.
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Link?
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Destroyer on Jimmy Fallon next Tuesday, Feb. 22, BTW.
― All you have to do is combine 1 to 7 with (a) to (d) and you should ha (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://audio.soundopinions.org/streams/2011/02/destroyerreview.mp3
― ouroboros shoal (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, that "Laziest River" is killing me. Now hearing "Eyes Without a Face," Blue Nile ... how did this not make the album? Just too long? How is it presented on the LP? As its own side?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"This is Oscar Wilde on speed!"
I'll ask again: how the fuck does this fool even write sentences?
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, I just listened to that, and Kot mentioned Blue Nile's "Hats," which is exactly what I had in mind.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
(And for what it's worth, I've seen Destroyer live with Greg before, and we spent much of the set making fun of it. Count him another convert, I guess.)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
lmbo @ kot + dero
GUY FROM NEW PORNOGRAPHERS MADE A NEW ALBUM. SOUNDS LIKE 80'S.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
How is it presented on the LP?
As its own side
― ouroboros shoal (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
as far as i'm concerned, the LP is the definitive version of this albumlaziest river makes all the difference. it's definitely not a bonus track, unless you also consider bay of pigs a bonus track
― ouroboros shoal (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Destroyer on Jimmy Fallon next Tuesday, Feb. 22, BTW.― All you have to do is combine 1 to 7 with (a) to (d) and you should ha (Phil D.), Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:15 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
I just read on some board that a guy named "JP" from Arcade Fire will be joining Destroyer on Fallon (can't imagine Bejar liking Arcade Fire tho!)
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
y not?
― flopson, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
calling it now: Kaputt to win grammy for best album next year
― gr8080, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
not a chance
― ullr saves (gbx), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
calling it now: kapput to win grammy for best album next year
― flopson, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link