Destroyer – Ken [LP]

Description:

Of his 12th studio album and its enigmatic title, Destroyers Dan Bejar offers the following: 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. Its 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. ken was produced by Josh Wells of Black Mountain, who has been the drummer in Destroyer since 2012. The album was recorded in its entirety in the jam space/studio space that the group calls The Balloon Factory. However, unlike Poison Season, ken was not recorded as a band record, though everyone in the band does make an appearance.

Tracklist:

1. Skys Grey
2. In The Morning
3. Tinseltown Swimming In Blood
4. Cover From The Sun
5. Saw You At The Hospital
6. A Light Travels Down The Catwalk
7. Rome
8. Sometimes In The World
9. Ivory Coast
10. Stay Lost
11. La Regle Du Jeu
12. A Light Travels Down The Catwalk (Acoustic)
13. Stay Lost (Acoustic)

UPC: 673855059914
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: 10.20.17
Format: Vinyl