Album review
Destroyer has announced a new album, Dan’s Boogie. The follow-up to 2022’s Labyrinthitis comes out March 28 via Merge. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the lead single ‘Bologna’, which features vocals from Fiver’s Simone Schmidt. Check out its David Galloway–directed music video below, and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.
“I haven’t written many songs like ‘Bologna,’” Bejar said in a press release. “I struggled singing the first and third verses, the most important parts of the song. They needed gravity and grit. The threat of disappearing needed to be real. So I called Simone.”
Galloway added: “How do you begin a ‘Dear John’ letter? I suppose there are lots of online tools available to anyone with a phone that can help you get that type of thing started. In fact, you can learn all kinds of stuff with the internet. It’s amazing. How to pick locks, how to access your neighbours’ WiFi, how to meet a ‘challenge,’ how to put on makeup. Makeup is pretty big these days, hey? You can also definitely find tips and tricks to help you start a whole new life if the one you have doesn’t seem to cut the mustard. Rather, ‘Bologna’.”
Dan’s Boogie Cover Artwork:
Dan’s Boogie Tracklist:
1. The Same Thing as Nothing at All
2. Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World
3. Ignoramus of Love
4. Dan’s Boogie
5. Bologna [feat. Fiver]
6. I Materialize
7. Sun Meet Snow
8. Cataract Time
9. Travel Light
