Ideas For Songs is an Alt/Indie album by Destroyer, originally released in 1997. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
Before his days as The New Pornographers’ resident secret genius and before the lush arrangements and shape-shifting styles of his later solo work, Dan Bejar’s Destroyer project was a vessel for his quirky, stripped-down folk songs. Documented in all their creaky glory on this early lo-fi cassette, Casio-keyboard lullabies like “No One Needs to Know” sit beside aching voice-and-guitar ballads like “Marrying the Hammer,” exposing Bejar’s surreal wordplay and knotty emotional nakedness and pointing to the beautiful work to come.
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Tracklist
- 1A Month In the Country2:03
- 2Song About Disappointment1:57
- 3Spring Cleaning2:23
- 4No One Needs to Know3:19
- 5Death to the Northern Man2:06
- 6Child of Styx2:33
- 7Marrying the Hammer1:38
- 8Nothing Against You Bored Spectre3:49
- 9Song About a Girl Up to a Point1:32
- 10The Terror Serves a Purpose2:41
- 11Leaving London1:36
- 12Untitled2:52
- 13Forget America1:05
- 14Stuffed and Sick1:28
- 15The Leg We Stand On2:36
- 16Why Banacek Doesn't Love5:32
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- stripped-back
- earnest
- confessional
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Original cassette release from 1997.
"All cassettes are dubbed from DAT"
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Daniel BejarRECORDED BY
- Joshua StevensonENGINEER [RESTORATION]
- Scott AugustEXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- Scott August (Canadian)ENGINEER [TRANSFER]
- Scott August (Canadian)EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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