Destroyer - ken (October 20, 2017) Album

Hell ya

01 Sky’s Grey
02 In the Morning
03 Tinseltown Swimming in Blood
04 Cover From the Sun
05 Saw You at the Hospital
06 A Light Travels Down the Catwalk
07 Rome
08 Sometimes In the World
09 Ivory Coast
10 Stay Lost
11 La Regle du Jeu

 

i'll listen, i like this project

 

I have only ever dug Kaputt by Destroyer. I wish I liked more of his stuff but he's so strange. An album named Ken doesn't entirely pique my interest.

 

For reference, this what he has to say abt the album title:

Sometime last year, I discovered that the original name for “The Wild Ones” (one of the great English-language ballads of the last 100 years or so) was “Ken.” I had an epiphany, I was physically struck by this information. In an attempt to hold on to this feeling, I decided to lift the original title of that song and use it for my own purposes. It’s unclear to me what that purpose is, or what the connection is. I was not thinking about Suede when making this record. I was thinking about the last few years of the Thatcher era. Those were the years when music first really came at me like a sickness, I had it bad. Maybe “The Wild Ones” speaks to that feeling, probably why Suede made no sense in America. I think “ken” also means “to know.”

Kaputt and Poison Season are both so great. Not dug into much beyond that. I'm so excited about this.

 

Yeah, the last two are incredible and I hope this will be too!

 

fucking hypeeeeeeeee

 

definitely check out Destroyer's Rubies and Your Blues. Streethawk is also very strong but more in the vein of early 00s indie rock so might not be as immediate as the other two

 

Sorry 2 spam the thread I just rlly love Destroyer lol. Bejar is one of my favorite songwriters and one of the better lyricists out there right now imo. Kaputt is obviously the zenith of his work thus far, but all of his projects have layers and textures worth unpacking

New song is great, I think a more spared down effort (as mentioned in the Stereogum piece) this time could work as a great contrast to the dense, lush arrangements from the last two LPs

very exciteddddddddddddddd

 

I've heard Rubies once or twice and City of Daughters too. I'll check the others though!!

 

This thread reminded me of how good Kaputt is.

"Sounds, Smash Hits, Melody Maker, NME, all sound like a dream to me"

 

Ummm Rubies y'all.

 

Rubies is his absolute best, I think - Streethawk and Kaputt are really fucking cool too

last one I slept on, I might relisten today

 

also the first Swan Lake is weird and super good - fucking dream team and it works

 

New track is super good.

 

Also added Streethawk and Your Blues to my library to check soon!

 

Streethawk is like Bowie + Dylan

pretty f cool

 

I'm listening to it now and was about to say it sounds like a Bowie record. I love this.

 

relistening to Kaputt and forgot that this was a complete and total masterpiece

 

this song rules

 

Must listen

 

Listening to Kaputt now and needed a place to express my love. I'll check out the new record even though I've never really dug into this dude's stuff. Gonna check Rubies next probs.

 

It's so good! I haven't dove deep into his discography like others in the thread but Kaputt is GOAT and Poison Season is damn good also

 

Just finished my first listen of ken and its great.

 

oh shit it leaked?