Dan's Boogie by Destroyer
Dan’s Boogie is, in true Destroyer fashion, a contradiction: a breakthrough album for Dan Bejar that began its life as a disappearing act and, as such, does things no Destroyer album to this point has ever done. Its nine songs imagine Bejar as a lounge singer, a hustler, and, at times, a supporting character in his own fantasies in nine all-timer Destroyer songs that have the urgency of a state secret hiding in the mind of a tortured spy.
Tracklist
| 1. | The Same Thing as Nothing at All | 5:00 |
| 2. | Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World | 4:50 |
| 3. | The Ignoramus of Love | 3:34 |
| 4. | Dan's Boogie | 3:48 |
| 5. | Bologna (feat. Fiver) | 4:24 |
| 6. | I Materialize | 1:19 |
| 7. | Sun Meet Snow | 3:37 |
| 8. | Cataract Time | 8:00 |
| 9. | Travel Light | 2:25 |
Credits
released March 28, 2025
Produced by John Collins
Mixed by John Collins
Drums recorded at The Mango Pit by Joshua Wells
Vocals and piano (tracks 3 and 9) recorded at Afterlife Studios by John Raham
Simone Schmidt vocals recorded by Vincent Cacchione
Musicians:
Dan Bejar: vocals, piano, electric guitar, synthesizer
Ted Bois: piano, organ, synthesizer
Nicolas Bragg: electric guitar
David Carswell: acoustic guitars
John Collins: bass, synthesizers, programming
Simone Schmidt: lead vocals (track 5)
Joseph Shabason: saxophone (track 9)
Joshua Wells: drums, synthesizer (track 5)
Mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering
Front and back covers by David Galloway
Design by Daniel Murphy
Produced by John Collins
Mixed by John Collins
Drums recorded at The Mango Pit by Joshua Wells
Vocals and piano (tracks 3 and 9) recorded at Afterlife Studios by John Raham
Simone Schmidt vocals recorded by Vincent Cacchione
Musicians:
Dan Bejar: vocals, piano, electric guitar, synthesizer
Ted Bois: piano, organ, synthesizer
Nicolas Bragg: electric guitar
David Carswell: acoustic guitars
John Collins: bass, synthesizers, programming
Simone Schmidt: lead vocals (track 5)
Joseph Shabason: saxophone (track 9)
Joshua Wells: drums, synthesizer (track 5)
Mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering
Front and back covers by David Galloway
Design by Daniel Murphy
License
All rights reserved.
Dan Bejar started Destroyer as a solo home-recording project in the early to mid-nineties. Exploring and overturning genres such as glam, MIDI, yacht rock, & even underground Spanish independent artists, Bejar was proclaimed “Rock’s Exiled King” by The Fader.