Destroyer‘s Dan Bejar has always been one to read the writing on the wall, but in “Times Square“, he reveals it wasn’t writing at all, just “forces of nature/in love with the weather station”. Destroyer will release their tenth studio LP, Poison Season, on August 28th via Merge Records, and today we check out the new video for “Times Square”. Directed by Shayne Ehman, and featuring all kinds of claymation and stop motion animation, at first blush these visuals seem a far cry from NYC’s crowded urban center. Filled with strange moss covered forest creatures and psychedelic mycology, Ehman claims that he and Bejar originally intended to shoot the video in the city, but on the night they wandered around New York till 3 am, “the city seemed completely dead”. Trying a different tact, Ehman decided to focus on the track’s lyrics intead. He explains,
“I needed to get outside and shoot in natural light in order to serve as a sort of conduit for those ‘forces of nature in love…’ which seem to rule the song. I let the sun do its thing and let the earth do it’s thing and watched time unfold. I watched the clouds unfold and unpack and packup. I was at their mercy, completely”.
Look for Destroyer to kick off a fairly extensive North American and European tour beginning this coming September. Here are those dates…
Sep 18 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Sep 19 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Sep 20 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater
Sep 21 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
Sep 23 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
Sep 24 Dallas, TX – Trees
Sep 25 Lawrence, KS – The Granada
Sep 26 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe
Sep 27 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Sep 29 Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
Sep 30 Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
Oct 01 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
Oct 02 Boston, MA – Royale
Oct 03 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
Oct 04 New York, NY – Webster Hall
Oct 05 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Oct 07 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
Oct 08 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Oct 09 Atlanta, GA – The Loft
Oct 10 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
Oct 11 St. Louise, MO – The Ready Room
Oct 13 Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theater
Oct 14 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Oct 15 Boise, ID – Neurolux
Oct 16 Seattle, WA – The Neptune
Oct 17 Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom
Oct 29 Paris, FR – Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
Oct 30 London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Oct 31 Brighton, UK – The Haunt
Nov 01 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Nov 02 Bristol, UK – The Lantern
Nov 04 Brussels, BE – Botanique
Nov 07 Bologna, IT – Covo
Nov 08 Rome, IT – Biko
Nov 09 Luzern, CH – Sudpol
Nov 10 Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie
Nov 11 St. Gallen, CH – Palace
Nov 12 Vienna, AT – Sczene
Nov 13 Munich, DE – Kammerspiele
Nov 14 Cologne, DE – Luxor
Nov 15 Berlin, DE – Lido
Nov 17 Bergen, NO – Hulen
Nov 18 Oslo, NO – Parktheatret
Nov 19 Stockholm, SE – Kagelbanan
Nov 20 Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehuset
Nov 21 Utrecht, NL – Le Guess Who? Festival
