{"id":491522,"date":"2019-10-22T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=902104"},"modified":"2019-10-22T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:00:02","slug":"destroyer-prep-new-lp-have-we-met-surreal-song-crimson-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/destroyer-prep-new-lp-have-we-met-surreal-song-crimson-tide\/","title":{"rendered":"Destroyer Prep New LP \u2018Have We Met,\u2019 Surreal Song \u2018Crimson Tide\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Destroyer<\/a> will release their 12th LP, Have We Met<\/em>, on January 31st via Merge Records. The ever-morphing indie rock act, fronted by Canadian singer-songwriter (and former New Pornographers member) Dan Bejar, previewed the record with lead single \u201cCrimson Tide.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the song \u2014 a slow-burn of glowing synths, chiming piano and thumping bass \u2014 Bejar speak-sings of strange characters (\u201cYou watch the blonde make mincemeat of the brunette\/An actress pays her debt to Satan again and again\u201d) and surreal self-reflections (\u201cI was like the laziest river, a vulture predisposed to eating off floors\/No, wait, I take that back \u2014 I was more like an ocean, stuck inside hospital corridors\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

Director David Galloway accompanied the track with a mysterious video featuring random vignettes (a farmer gazing out at nature, a woman swimming with a bandaged face) that appear to merge as the scenes continue. Throughout, Bejar sings against a black background on a stage illuminated by a single spotlight. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In a statement, Galloway detailed his vision for the video, which he titles Ashcroft<\/em>, \u201can ambiguous short, <\/span>an art-house film that explores time, memory, fruit, the landscape of the British Columbia interior, and recovery from \u2014 and into \u2014 deception.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAshcroft<\/i> is not a place of passive rest, but rather an intoxicating playground for excavation and manipulation\u2019 is a quote from the filmmakers\u2019 press release,\u201d he continued. \u201cMovies need songs [kind of] and songs need movies [videos?]. This is a music video about a movie, or for a movie, or really just with a movie. The point is: they love each other. With \u2018Crimson Tide,\u2019 Destroyer introduces listeners to yet another version of the Bejar Enigma, and ushers viewers to seats in an alternate cinematic universe. The dramatic music video that ties in to film is a lost art. Or maybe it\u2019s just a vulgar one. Either way, there\u2019s no rotten tomatoes here. Only rotten apples.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Have We Met<\/i> follows Destroyer\u2019s 2015 album, Poison Season<\/em>. They will promote the LP on a North American 2020 tour that kicks off February 21st in Portland, Oregon, and wraps March 20th in Vancouver, British Columbia. <\/span><\/p>\n

Destroyer Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 21 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater<\/p>\n

February 22 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ August Hall<\/p>\n

February 23 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater<\/p>\n

February 24 \u2013 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress<\/p>\n

February 26 \u2013 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk<\/p>\n

February 27 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada*<\/p>\n

February 28 \u2013 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater<\/p>\n

February 29 \u2013 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club<\/p>\n

March 1 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall<\/p>\n

March 2 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx<\/p>\n

March 4 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Opera House<\/p>\n

March 5 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount<\/p>\n

March 6 \u2013 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair<\/p>\n

March 7 \u2013 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel<\/p>\n

March 8 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts<\/p>\n

March 9 \u2013 Washington, DC @ Black Cat<\/p>\n

March 11 \u2013 Carrboro, NC @ Cat\u2019s Cradle<\/p>\n

March 12 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West<\/p>\n

March 13 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge<\/p>\n

March 14 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill<\/p>\n

March 15 \u2013 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room<\/p>\n

March 16 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater<\/p>\n

March 17 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge<\/p>\n

March 19 \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Neumos<\/p>\n

March 20 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Destroyer will release their 12th LP, Have We Met, on January 31st via Merge Records. The ever-morphing indie rock act, fronted by Canadian singer-songwriter (and former New Pornographers member) Dan Bejar, previewed the record with lead single \u201cCrimson Tide.\u201d Throughout the song \u2014 a slow-burn of glowing synths, chiming piano and thumping bass \u2014 Bejar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-491522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 19:44:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}