Just This Terrible Crescendo Heading Towards A Conclusion

I was going to start off by saying that I haven't really followed the path of Destroyer aka Dan Bejar, but thought I'd 'fact check' that first.

 

It turned out to be something of an understatement. 

 

According to Discogs, Dan's debut self-released cassette, Deströyer, came out thirty years ago. Destroyer's 15th album, the brilliantly-titled Dan's Boogie, is released in late March.

According to my music collection, I currently have the sum total of 3 songs and 15 minutes of Destroyer music, two original songs and one cover version.

The second single and video from Dan's Boogie has just dropped. The equally brilliantly titled Hydroplaning Off The Edge Of The World starts off with Dan and a startled cat at home, drum then guitars and synths then ba ba bas kicking in classic pop fashion before the opening line, "I lie to myself..."

Nearly five minutes later, I'm sold and pre-ordering the album.

Not that I needed convincing, but January's preceding single, Bologna, featuring Fiver aka Simone Carver, is equally good.

Destroyer are on tour, with three dates in England in June, Manchester, London and The Fleece in Bristol. It's a mid-week gig, but on the handful of songs I've heard, I was sorely tempted... until I realised that it's the same night that I'll be on the other side of the city, seeing Butler, Blake & Grant instead. Drat!

 

Here are the other three songs currently residing in my collection. Crimson Tide is the opening song on 2020 album Have Me Met. Blue Eyes, featuring Sibel Thrasher, is the second track on 2011's tenth album Kaputt. 

 

In December 2011, Mojo magazine's cover mounted CD was a cover of New Order's 1983 album, Power Corruption & Lies, plus the Blue Monday 12" and album-related B-sides. Destroyer tackle the album closer, Leave Me Alone, and it's really rather good.