[Cover photo credit to Nicholas Bragg]
Destroyer will be releasing Labyrinthitis on March 25th with Merge Records, and have released a new single, “Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread.” The new track follows lead single “Tintoretto, It’s for You.”
Labyrinthitis moves into unfamiliar territory for Dan Bejar, and was written largely in 2020, then recorded the following Spring. Bejar and frequent collaborator John Collins worked with initial song ideas drawn from Disco, Art of Noise, and New Order, with a challenge to go “over-the-top”.
Working together during the height of isolation, Collins holed up on the remote Galiano Island and Bejar in nearby Vancouver, and they sent ideas back and forth when restrictions didn’t allow them to meet. Ahead of mixing, the Destroyer band was brought into the fold “to further the unprepared synchronicity and mutual discovery”.
Labyrinthitis will be available on CD, LP, and jade & ivory Peak Vinyl in the Merge store and participating independent record shops. In support of the record, the Destroyer band heads out on tour this Spring.
Destroyer on tour:
Apr 22 Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
Apr 23 Seattle, WA – The Neptune Theatre
Apr 24 Boise, ID – The Olympic
Apr 26 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Apr 27 Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater
Apr 28 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
Apr 29 St. Louis, MO – Blueberry Hill Duck Room
Apr 30 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
May 02 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
May 04 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
May 05 Washington, DC – Black Cat
May 06 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
May 07 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
May 08 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
May 09 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
May 10 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 11 Detroit, MI – El Club
May 12 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 13 St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall
May 14 Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
May 15 Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
May 16 Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
May 17 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
May 19 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
May 20 Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
May 21 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
May 22 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
