Dan Bejar has announced the follow-up to 2020's Have We Met — LABYRINTHITIS, Bejar's 13th album as Destroyer, is out March 25 on Merge. Today, he's also shared the record's lead single, "Tintoretto, It's for You."
The track's itchy spoken vocals and weapons-grade synth breakdown have some real mid-2000s energy (in the best possible way) and it's an exciting first taste of what's to come.
"I had an idea of writing a couple lines on the idea of 'mystery' and 'goin nowhere,' as they are two of my favourite themes," Bejar said about the song in a statement. "That and the Grim Reaper and being pursued by some silent, unnamable thing that constantly lurks one foot to the left of you. Especially as the world's decay becomes increasingly less abstract. Also wanted to write on the romance of terror. The song 'Tintoretto, It's for You' speaks to all these things, oddly enough so does the video…"
The David Galloway-directed video is a discomfiting bit of mystery, and finds Bejar wandering dark streets, windy beaches and gloomy graveyards.
"It hopefully presents some loose giallo vibes despite the fact that it clearly isn't a giallo at all. Nobody dies, nothing is explored at length, and it's ultimately a collection of neighbourhood red herrings," said Galloway. "All leads that go nowhere. But that's the mystery. That's the mystery about music videos."
You can catch Destroyer in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver when the band heads out on tour this April.
Check out the video for "Tintoretto, It's for You" and the LABYRINTHITIS tracklist below.
LABYRINTHITIS:
1. It's in Your Heart Now
2. Suffer
3. June
4. All My Pretty Dresses
5. Tintoretto, It's for You
6. Labyrinthitis
7. Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread
8. It Takes a Thief
9. The States
10. The Last Song
Pre-order Labyrinthitis.
The track's itchy spoken vocals and weapons-grade synth breakdown have some real mid-2000s energy (in the best possible way) and it's an exciting first taste of what's to come.
"I had an idea of writing a couple lines on the idea of 'mystery' and 'goin nowhere,' as they are two of my favourite themes," Bejar said about the song in a statement. "That and the Grim Reaper and being pursued by some silent, unnamable thing that constantly lurks one foot to the left of you. Especially as the world's decay becomes increasingly less abstract. Also wanted to write on the romance of terror. The song 'Tintoretto, It's for You' speaks to all these things, oddly enough so does the video…"
The David Galloway-directed video is a discomfiting bit of mystery, and finds Bejar wandering dark streets, windy beaches and gloomy graveyards.
"It hopefully presents some loose giallo vibes despite the fact that it clearly isn't a giallo at all. Nobody dies, nothing is explored at length, and it's ultimately a collection of neighbourhood red herrings," said Galloway. "All leads that go nowhere. But that's the mystery. That's the mystery about music videos."
You can catch Destroyer in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver when the band heads out on tour this April.
Check out the video for "Tintoretto, It's for You" and the LABYRINTHITIS tracklist below.
LABYRINTHITIS:
1. It's in Your Heart Now
2. Suffer
3. June
4. All My Pretty Dresses
5. Tintoretto, It's for You
6. Labyrinthitis
7. Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread
8. It Takes a Thief
9. The States
10. The Last Song
Pre-order Labyrinthitis.