- Maria De Las Nieves
- Del Monton
- El Rito
- Babieca
- Bye Bye

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Dan Bejar, the walking, talking, and singing definition of following your own muse, spent the last couple of years lugging around a full horn section in support of his slick and soulful 2011 sophisti-pop outing Kaputt, so it should come as no surprise that anything goes (musically) on this stopgap EP of covers of songs composed by Antonio Luque, the frontman for goth-tinged Spanish alt-rock outfit Sr. Chinarro. Not surprisingly, Luque, a verbose and enigmatic lyricist, is the perfect match for Bejar (they're also both hirsute rock & roll outliers), and the five-track collection requires little in the way of translation, as Bejar's alternately manic and laconic delivery somehow manages to keep breezy, Rioja-sipping confections like "Maria de las Nieves," buffed-up AOR rockers like "El Rito," and disco ball-lit fever dreams like "Babieca" in the same room together, despite their frequent stylistic attempts at escape.
Product Details
Release Date: | 11/25/2013 |
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Label: | Merge Records |
UPC: | 0673855049823 |
catalogNumber: | 498 |
Rank: | 136444 |
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Destroyer Primary ArtistDaniel Bejar Synthesizer,Acoustic Guitar,Piano,Vocals
John Collins Synthesizer,Bass,Percussion,Piano,Drums
Nicolas Bragg Electric Guitar
David Carswell Acoustic Guitar,Percussion,Drums,Electric Guitar
Stephen Hamm Strings
Josh Wells Conga
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Antonio Luque ComposerCustomer Reviews
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