By Liam Dawe
Through grief, groove, and lo-fi soul, the Calgary duo deliver the first of a two-part muse on self-actualization.
10 | Destroyer - Labyrinthitis
Merge Records
by Luis Minvielle
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It might be demanding for anyone besides frontman Dan Bejar to catch all the underlying references in Labyrinthitis. But this hovering mystery is part of Destroyer’s magnetism.
Bejar’s inconceivably dense short stories and shocking U-turns in sound have cemented Destroyer as an indie mainstay for decades, and there’s no shortage of them on the band’s latest project named after a pandemic-induced mania experienced by the always enigmatic songwriter.
By Cam Delisle
The Manitoba artist spins prairie dust into falsetto-led indie folk on his debut EP.
By Yasmine Shemesh
The Counting Crows frontman opens up about rewriting songs, reflecting on the past, and what music still gives him today.
