Hey, Snow White - Destroyer

[paskoxbox]

also sound a bit like sonic youth

[alexalin]

La multi ani !!!

[basehead617]

this album is amazing musically, however it seems like the drummer is barely paying attention the entire time.. and its badly recorded in a not-good-lo-fi way

[denvarhawks]

sounds like it could be in a Wes Anderson Film

[TheAmm08r]

Dan Bejar was in new pornographers

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@TheAmm08r s/was/is/

[sublimekg]

cat power could totally cover this.

[ArtyYotty]

LONG LIVE DAN BEJAR

[mayhemnecrobutcher]

@heyJOOD what are you talking about?! modest mouse grew up on destroyer... well not really but still I'm pretty sure destroyer wasn't influenced by modest mouse.

[kartoffelsaek]

@mayhemnecrobutcher If you have listened to the early Modest Mouse back when they where heavily influenced by The Pixies. Then this sounds alot like them. But then again you could also say this sounds like The Pixies. And Destroyer and Modest Mouse released their debut the same year (1996) so maybe they where just both listening to the pixies. Hence the similarities. Not saying anything about any copying it`s just the style. this is a great song by the way.

[crayolavert]

<3

[lasquid]

Very cool!

[poada2008]

this is.

[iamgabrielf]

Where the heck has this music been? Why wasn't this all over the radio in '02? I feel cheated!

[PEATANTICS]

Lou Reed's walk on the wildside kind of sounding song uh huh.

[miko432111]

@PEATANTICS

i was thinking donovan for the intro

[FlightlessCoyote]

I like this.  It reminds me of early Modest Mouse so much.

[elekktrofikkkke]

sounds like white stripes

[memoryburn7]

skuzzy scratchy shitty fuzz-droner: all-right, get-some!

[happygoessmokey]

you guys are stupid. always relating shit to drugs. this song was written about the first time he fell inlove with someone from across the room. her in distress, probably due to the lack of happiness. and he is there to save her. save someone yourself. another day you wait is another day wasted

[disciplineslim]

i'm sure he isn't talking about cocaine

[suricatafari]

...Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan actualized version...

[realjess29]

so fucking good

[KristynHope]

Dan Bejar (Destroyer) has only one formidable rival, and that is Stephen Malkmus (Pavement)

[aalexandriaisnervous]

@KristynHope oh damn, seriously? and why is that?

[faronthefiddler]

I heard this on WCSB 89.3 college radio on 4/11/08. The slot is called Cool Chick #59, 0700 to 0900, Friday in Cleveland, Ohio.

[Soekell]

does he sing "you've got to learn to love what you are" or "...what you own"?

[delaisla777]

The New Pornographers pale in comparison to destroyer----my opinion so suck it haterzzzz

[jointman116]

1 person likes the new pornagraphers

[shagadelic215]

@jointman116 lol thats the first thing i thought when i saw the one dislike

[inhmn]

This is something Velvet Underground would be doing if Cale and Lou Reed were still together.

[y3k23k]

one of the best songs ive heard in years

[JeffroGT88]

it's nice to see currently active musicians taking obvious cues from bands like pavement and guided by voices, and perhaps bejar is even more genre breaking/bridging/creating/des­troying than those two.

[supermoose5]

Didn't the The New Pornographers rite this song?

[mooduleur]

@supermoose5 The New Pornographers covered this song for the Dark Was the Night compilation last year. Dan Bejar: aka Destroyer, wrote/recorded it back in 2002.

[Havenscope]

@mooduleur And the cover is a fucking disgrace (sadly).

[CityOfDaughters]

@Havenscope I feel like every New Pornographers cover of a Destroyer song is a pointless exercise.

[Havenscope]

@CityOfDaughters Eh, I wouldn't say everyone of them is. I mean, the New Porno's version of Breakin' the Law is fantastic in my opinion, and even their version of "Streets of Fire" is rather nice. Still, the Porno's version of Hey, Snow White makes me want to puke.

[CityOfDaughters]

@Havenscope I'll agree with you on that, but I still think both of them are better on We'll Build them a Golden Bridge. Covering anything off of This Night is simply dangerous though!

[Havenscope]

@CityOfDaughters I agree with you completely. This Night should probably just be left alone (by New Pornographers at least), and Destroyer's first album is not only his best work (well, arguably tied with This Night), but it's simply untouchable.

[CityOfDaughters]

@Havenscope We'll Build them a Golden Bridge was the first I've heard and it's still a masterpiece in my mind. I'm glad someone else has as high of an opinion on it! At the end of the day though, I can't come up with a single album of his that isn't perfect (or very close to).

[VivedAmour]

@Havenscope I dont think its fair to compare the new pornographers version in the same light..theirs is a more poppy, catered-to -a -wider-audience version. This, the original obviously is alot more layered and has a lot more depth, but I think both versions can be appreciated equally.

[louiecostello]

@mooduleur isnt he kinda in the nps anyway?

[Stevecaldes]

@supermoose5 ....nope. originally a destroyer song.

[jubjub2112]

My God!! What an awesome song!!! Which album is this on??

[Havenscope]

This Night, which is arguably the most spectacular album by Destroyer. CHECK IT OUT.

[killertom3]

fail

[scuma3]

i just found about this band, im glad i did

[sunsplash1980]

@scuma3 Oh that's great I hope you enjoy him as much as I do.

[palmostositive]

@scuma3 same here.  all those years...why didn't someone tell me?

[LiLRaaat]

love this ....

 anyone know other good songs by destroyer?

[Havenscope]

This Night (album) in its entirety.

[LiLRaaat]

cool, thank you!!

[Havenscope]

No problem at all! And also, if you're interested in some earlier Destroyer, his first two albums, We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge and City of Daughters, are brilliant. We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, his very first, is very experimental and abrasive at times, but it's one of my favorites. City of Daughters is his entrance into the more of a poppy sound that he has developed over the years.

[Seagull2006]

Painter in Your Pocket, Dark Leaves From A Thread, Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever

[101Volts]

@lilraat - It's Gonna Take An Airplane.

[sunsplash1980]

@LiLRaaat "Priest's knees" from Destroyer's Rubies is one of my favorites, actually the entire album is mesmerizing.

[ajgree6]

@LiLRaaat You can't go wrong with many Destroyer albums. Try starting off with Thief, Rubies or Streethawk: A Seduction. Then you can get into his more challenging work like This Night, Your Blues or Bay of Pigs.

[Havenscope]

The best Destroyer album in my opinion.