By Ben Boddez
The Swiss collective translate smooth beats and influences as diverse as their cultural backgrounds into catchy hooks and sociopolitical messaging.
10 | Destroyer - Labyrinthitis
Merge Records
by Luis Minvielle
- Published on December 6, 2022
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 Ozioma Nwabuikwu
On The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, we find the cherished songwriter grappling with the seduction of love and hope.
By Stephan Boissonneault
Frontman John Baizley talks about the new album’s expressionist vibe and being done with colours.
