Five Spanish Songs by The Destroyer [Audio CD]

Description: Performer Notes: Personnel: Daniel Bejar (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer); David Carswell (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion); Nicolas Bragg (electric guitar); John Collins (piano, synthesizer, bass guitar, drums, percussion).Recording information: JC/DC.Photographer: Ted Bois.Dan Bejar, the walking, talking, and singing definition of following your own muse, spent the last couple of years lugging around a full horn section in support of his slick and soulful 2011 sophisti-pop outing Kaputt, so it should come as no surprise that anything goes (musically) on this stopgap EP of covers of songs composed by Antonio Luque, the frontman for goth-tinged Spanish alt-rock outfit Sr. Chinarro. Not surprisingly, Luque, a verbose and enigmatic lyricist, is the perfect match for Bejar (they're also both hirsute rock & roll outliers), and the five-track collection requires little in the way of translation, as Bejar's alternately manic and laconic delivery somehow manages to keep breezy, Rioja-sipping confections like "Maria de las Nieves," buffed-up AOR rockers like "El Rito," and disco ball-lit fever dreams like "Babieca" in the same room together, despite their frequent stylistic attempts at escape. ~ James Christopher Monger Professional Reviews: CMJ - "While Bejar is making a nod to his Spanish heritage, he has also chosen to release songs that roll off the tongue to chillingly sobering affect." Paste (magazine) - "FIVE SPANISH SONGS is clearly more than a mere genre exercise -- it's a respectful, and very much tuneful, tip of the cap from one songwriter to another, which transcends language." Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Release Date: 10 December, 2013 Label: Dead Oceans

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