“Destroyer's ken is Dan Bejar's best since his masterpiece”
“Every couple of albums, Destroyer mastermind Dan Bejar transforms his sound completely, and ken is his latest about-face. After the sprawling, ornate full-band arrangements of Kaputt (2011) and Poison Season (2015), this comparatively humble LP was recorded in Bejar's East Vancouver practice space with drummer Joshua Wells (also of Black Mountain and Lightning Dust). It's the first time in 20 year”
“Elegant and perverse, Dan Bejar’s latest album slinks around in the shadows like he did on Kaputt, synthy, sleazy, and newly paranoid. He remains one of the most evocative songwriters of his generation.”
“How many people knew that Suede’s ‘The Wild Ones’ was first titled ‘Ken’? Dan Bejart did and has paid homage to the song’s discarded name by using it for his latest album. This is Destroyer’s twelfth LP, but the first “not recorded as a band,” although, “everyone in the band does make an appearance,” which begs the question of why Bejart even mentioned it. Anyway, the Suede thing is key, because m”
“Destroyer's latest record is an awkward helping of new wave pastiche.”
