Ideas for Songs

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.

Originally released on cassette in 1997 - this reissue has been restored for much better sound quality! Excellent early recordings by Dan Bejar (also of Swan Lake and the New Pornographers!)

Initially issued on a limited cassette, this odd and varied collection of early home recordings by Dan Bejar has been given a vinyl/digital reissue.