Album

Ken

Destroyer

2017 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country

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Ken is an Alt/Indie album by Destroyer, originally released in 2017. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.

About

Dan Bejar rarely seems to let himself get too comfortable. Picking up on the downbeat sophistication of <i>Kaputt</i> and <i>Poison Season</i>, <i>ken</i> is a lushly produced album that juxtaposes beautiful, New Order-style disco-pop (“Tinseltown Swimming in Blood”) and synth-dappled ballads (“Saw You at the Hospital”) with Bejar’s breezy deadpan and ever-evocative lyrics. “Stay lost,” he sings, “Never found/Out on the street/In the Book of the Dead/For a living.” It's the closest a writer like this gets to a rallying cry.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Sky's Grey
  2. A2In The Morning
  3. A3Tinseltown Swimming In Blood
  4. A4Cover From The Sun
  5. A5Saw You At The Hospital
  6. A6A Light Travels Down The Catwalk

Side B

  1. B1Rome
  2. B2Sometimes In The World
  3. B3Ivory Coast
  4. B4Stay Lost
  5. B5La Regle Du Jeu

Side C

  1. CA Light Travels Down The Catwalk (Acoustic)

Side D

  1. DStay Lost (Acoustic)

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • polished
  • detached
  • poetic

Album notes

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Ken is named after the working title of Suede’s “The Wild Ones” (opens in a new tab), a song Daniel Bejar has described as “one of the great English-language ballads of the last 100 years or so”.

Credits

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Performers

  • Daniel BejarVOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS, SYNTHESIZER
  • Joshua WellsDRUMS, SYNTHESIZER, DRUM PROGRAMMING, BASS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION, PIANO, STRINGS
  • David CarswellELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • J.P. CarterTRUMPET, EFFECTS
  • John CollinsBASS
  • Joseph ShabasonSAXOPHONE, EFFECTS
  • Nicolas BraggELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Ted BoisPIANO

11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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