Destroyer's last album "Destoyer's Rubies" might have been the best thing to happen to me in 2006. And Bejar is back at it again in 2008, this time with the newly toted full-length disc "Trouble in Dreams."
"Dreams" has, like most music these days, almost entirely leaked onto the web already. "Foam Hands" (my pick for #19 song of the year) is a psychedelic journey that is made with a comfortable amount of space for organs and reverb to sink in, yet lacks the characteristic lyrics that adds endless depth to Bejar's work. It feels like a lot more studio work went into the production of the song, and Destroyer (for the first time) sounds more like a full band instead of a one-man tour de force. I envision a diametric result: This is good! The music sounds poppy, more fun to listen to through speakers... And this is bad! I like Destroyer as a "headphones" artist, and some aspects of "Foam Hands" leads me to believe the album will be less irksomely dark than "This Night," less abstractly unique than "Your Blues," and less openly charismatic than "Rubies."
But predictions aside, I don't think that Bejar can put out something that I won't give a good, solid try. The second track on his latest effort, titled "Dark Leaves Form a Thread," is too fantastic to put down right now. And it's too good not to share with you. So I'll nibble on these two tracks and ponder endlessly the following: 1) whether the new album will live up to my infinitely high standards, 2) whether I will wait to buy the whole album or will slowly give in to downloading it, 3) whether or not I'll ever be able to get into Dan's brain (and pants).
Download:
Dark Leaves Form a Thread - Destroyer
This Night - Destroyer (from which this post got it's title)
- Geoff
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