Destroyer – Bay of Pigs EP Review
I’ve had a hard time “getting” Destroyer aka Dan Bejar’s band (Swan Lake, New Pornographers, Hello Blue Roses etc). I had a lot of trouble with Trouble In Dreams the first go around and while it sounds better now, I figure that I would stay away from his “Bay of Pigs” EP because as much as I like being challenged by music… it’s quite strenuous. Anyway I somehow got pushed into checking out the 13 minute and 39 second track and “Wow” could be one word to describe it.
Some tracks are long and drawn out once they hit the 5 minute mark. One hand, I feel like I would be annoyed at the pretentiousness that is a 13 minute track but there’s nothing pretentious about Dan Bejar. Bay of Pigs is spacey, well paced and on another level rich in awesomeness. The beginning starts off slow and relaxing and just hits the right notes.
A good 13 minute song is a song that doesn’t feel that long. I remember trying to listen to Lindstrom (sorry I will never like him) and his 20 minute tracks felt like 2 hours. Dan Bejar does this brilliantly.
With just two tracks and with 20 minutes to work with, The Bay of Pigs EP is excellent. I have no idea how to explain why I’m loving this and not struggling with it at all but maybe I’ve turned a corner? Who knows sometimes music plays funny tricks on me and I just will never “get” something as much as I try to tell my brain to. Thankfully my brain just loves this EP and I’m at a loss for real words to explain how GREAT the first track is.
I’m not sure I dig the second track as much and it’s another long song at 8 minutes. I think the problem with “Ravers” is that it has no chance competing against the title track. Most tracks wouldn’t stand a shot. It isn’t as good but it’s actually pretty good if I could lose the temptation of flipping to the next track.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Maybe we’re being spoiled with an EP like this. I can’t help but think why this isn’t on an album but alas I’ll take it 
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I’m a bit hesitant to host a song like Bay of Pigs on here (31 MB). But it’s a track you have to at least try to listen to. So check it out (until I get ask to take it down I guess…):
Tags: EP
Good Song !!!