Album artwork for Kaputt by Destroyer
Album artwork for Kaputt by Destroyer

What a surprise this album is from Vancouver's Dan Bejar, a man who has paid his dues since establishing the Destroyers brand in 1995. The sound he throws into the ring to underpin this album Kaputt lifts liberally from the musical embarrassment of early eighties Lounge Lizards such as Kenny G and David Sanborn, throws in a spice of Sade's Diamond Life and wraps it under the blanket of west coast based smooth jazz and studio 54 disco sounds. Yes it sounds a bit insane and on occasions you suspect that Bejar the architect of all this eccentricity could have found the words 'sectioned under the mental health' whispered by the studio producer. But it works and is often very funny to boot. This is much more than just a piece of 80s retro and like Gayngs recently evoking the ghost of 10cc here the key reference point is brian ferry all done up in a suave suit singing 'avalon' with saxophones blazing, but with cigarette ash smeared into the shiny lapels and with a bitter 'Morning after the Night Before' taste left in your mouth.

Destroyer

Kaputt

Dead Oceans
Album artwork for Kaputt by Destroyer
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£24.99

Crystal Clear

Limited to 500 copies
Includes download code
Released 05/11/2021Catalogue Number

DOC046LP-C1

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Album artwork for Kaputt by Destroyer
LPx2

£24.99

Released 24/03/2014Catalogue Number

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Destroyer

Kaputt

Dead Oceans
Album artwork for Kaputt by Destroyer
LPx2 +

£24.99

Crystal Clear

Limited to 500 copies
Includes download code
Released 05/11/2021Catalogue Number

DOC046LP-C1

Learn more
Album artwork for Kaputt by Destroyer
LPx2

£24.99

Released 24/03/2014Catalogue Number

doc046lp

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What a surprise this album is from Vancouver's Dan Bejar, a man who has paid his dues since establishing the Destroyers brand in 1995. The sound he throws into the ring to underpin this album Kaputt lifts liberally from the musical embarrassment of early eighties Lounge Lizards such as Kenny G and David Sanborn, throws in a spice of Sade's Diamond Life and wraps it under the blanket of west coast based smooth jazz and studio 54 disco sounds. Yes it sounds a bit insane and on occasions you suspect that Bejar the architect of all this eccentricity could have found the words 'sectioned under the mental health' whispered by the studio producer. But it works and is often very funny to boot. This is much more than just a piece of 80s retro and like Gayngs recently evoking the ghost of 10cc here the key reference point is brian ferry all done up in a suave suit singing 'avalon' with saxophones blazing, but with cigarette ash smeared into the shiny lapels and with a bitter 'Morning after the Night Before' taste left in your mouth.