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1) Destroyer (a.k.a Dan Bejar) started as a solo home-recording experiment in the early to mid 90s. Working alone, and at his own pace, Bejar dabbled in four tracking and worked to develop his style and vision.
He was meticulous in reworking songs again and again until he found confidence in his music and his voice. By 1996 he had culled enough material to release his debut full length, We’ll Build Them A Golden Bridge. Stripped down lo-fi electric folk, Golden Bridge introduced Dan as a major new talent in Vancouver.
In 1998 Bejar added a rhythm section to Destroyer and headed into a real studio for the first time to record City Of Daughters, a sparsely produced but engagingly vibrant batch of songs in which Bejar’s unique and inventive lyrics began to evolve into an obtuse and poetically original voice.
Destroyer expanded once again in early 2000, this time rounding out into a quintet for Thief, the third album, which provided an expanded canvas for Bejar’s cryptic and scathing indictments that warned of the pitfalls and pratfalls of the modern music industry (or at least that’s what everyone claimed he was singing about; Dan offered no explanations).
By the time Streethawk: A Seduction hit the streets in 2001, the groundwork had been laid and a maelstrom of critical acclaim flowed all around. Streethawk was a highly refined and biting condemnation, a harsh satire of popular culture, an idea and conception honed to razor sharp perfection.
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c0rdell
Wow, i've only been listening to Kaputt and didn't even realize he had other shit
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Chadipoo
DESTROY!
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Jordanlol
I want a new Destroy album so bad. I've beaten Kaputt into the ground with so many fucking listens, constantly.
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calsimon
listen
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melodymann
Your love & Kapput,so worm music.
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tokyochorus
i didn't stand a chance, i didn't stand at all
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Chadipoo
this is a pretty stagnant shoutbox. needs more bejar one liners
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norniron85
Kaputt must be one of my favourite albums of recent years
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xxdawntodustxx
Also, Why is bay of pigs so far down on the charts. That song is great. Maybe one day we will see laziest river on there.
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xxdawntodustxx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_nWKOeuRn8&feature=youtu.be If you ignore all the "whoaaa" and "Yeahhhh" this is actually a really great live performance. Check out the other videos posted from this show
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xxdawntodustxx
Destroyer's Boobies
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LeonSmith
new album pls [2]
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tokyochorus
new album pls
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tuffentiny
<3
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xxdawntodustxx
I wish they would reprint Streethawk on vinyl again. I love that album more and more with the passing time.
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xxdawntodustxx
New Album
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Siouxlex
Yes Destroyer on Daytrotter.
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Chadipoo
drunken master
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bulbasaurfosho
genius music
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