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Destroyer’s Dan Bejar Still Isn’t Sure What He’s Doing
“The idea that this is something that has structured my life for so long is pretty weird.”
Though it feels like one of the bigger pivots in Destroyer’s discography — from the dark electronics of his previous two records to something more organic and expansive and often brighter — Bejar disputes that it’s entirely new territory. “It sounds so much like terrain that we’ve covered in the past, but I wasn’t freaked out by that.” One approach that is new: There’s a lot more humor on this record, like “Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World,” which features some of Bejar’s most madcap ravings. Or in King Lear — which I always think about, especially as I get older — there’s a famous scene in which he’s finally betrayed by all his daughters and stripped of his entourage, and he rushes out in the middle of an insane storm.
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