Destroyer shares new single ‘Cataract Time’
DESTROYER SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘CATARACT TIME’
NEW ALBUM DAN’S BOOGIE OUT 28 MARCH VIA MERGE RECORDS
UK TOUR INCLUDING SHOW AT LONDON’S ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL ON 12 JUNE AS WELL AS SHOWS IN MANCHESTER AND BRISTOL
“As seductive and menacing as ever”
The Guardian
“An intoxicating mix of chanson and hypnotic, percussive indie pop”
The Observer ‘Hot Tracks’
“A major prophet of our times”
Uncut
“Decadent and intoxicating, a whole new world to discover from an artist who continues to redefine the parameters of his craft”
GoldFlakePaint
Watch the video for ‘Cataract Time’ here:
https://youtu.be/jV4fWZIlprI
Today, Destroyer unveils ‘Cataract Time’, a balletic, dreamy epic that finds Dan Bejar pushed into sensational new territory by longtime collaborator John Collins, who also serves as the director of the song’s visualiser. The track comes ahead of the release of Destroyer’s new album Dan’s Boogie on 28 March via Merge Records and follows previous singles ‘Bologna (feat. Fiver)’ and ‘Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World’.
‘Cataract Time’ serves as the centrepiece of Bejar and Collins’ approach to shaping the sound of Dan’s Boogie, revealing new facets to the long-time collaborators’ approach to the sonic and emotional landscape of a Destroyer song. It features some of the heaviest lyrics Bejar has written, and one of Destroyer’s most musically intricate compositions. The deceptively easygoing groove transfigures the fog swirling around Bejar, his melancholy sounding, at times, like hope.
Dan Bejar on ‘Cataract Time’:
“The song is a reckoning, a dressing down, a walk in the park where you carefully record your steps and describe the park and somehow the recording and the description undoes you. Which is why it’s important that the song be as groovy as it is. That part I didn’t see coming. There is a lightness that points to a future, even if I think it’s the heaviest thing I’ve ever written. John outdid himself in the mix. His filigree harps changed everything. I think it is his favourite song on the record.”
The full seven-piece Destroyer band embarks on a brief tour of the UK and Europe in June. With shows in Manchester, Bristol and at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on 12 June as well as performances at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Porto, this will mark their first shows in this configuration in nearly three years. They have also today announced a full North American tour, dates can be found here.
Photo Credit: Nicolas Bragg
High-res images are available here
Pre-order Dan’s Boogie here:
https://lnk.to/DansBoogie
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
Tour dates:
7 June – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound 2025
9 June – Paris, FR @ Trabendo
10 June – Manchester @ Gorilla
11 June – Bristol @ Fleece
12 June – London @ Islington Assembly Hall
14 June – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound Porto
Tickets are available here:
https://www.mergerecords.com/tour/destroyer