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Destroyer: Dan’s Boogie review – darkness haunts a gorgeous ruined palace of a record
Frightening fates await the protagonists of Dan Bejar’s 14th album, but the mercurial Canadian’s perspective and lavish instrumentation are a reminder of beauty’s potential
The Canadian is a master of strange lyrical koans that transcend the singer’s acerbic tone to brim with weird, warm feeling, set against luxuriant arrangements. To share his headspace is to see a city in a different light – how “the opera house is a jam space for the desperate and insane”, as on the title track of Dan’s Boogie; to take pride in failure: “The family curse was our signature scent,” he sings on Sun Meet Snow. But Bejar is committed to the beauty in chaos: how “the sun mostly rises / A great golden spike through the heart of the world”, as he sings on the oddly calming The Ignoramus of Love.
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