Every Monday, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf shares a sonic gem she found using her nearly 20 years of new-music exploration experience. You can hear all her discoveries at 2 p.m. every Sunday on What’s All This: Adventures in New Music.
Dan Bejar (a.k.a “Destroyer”) is welcoming a new full-length this year, and it’s already off to an intriguing start with lead single “Bologna.” I mean, how could it not be considered to be intriguing with a title like that? Title aside, it’s a quizzical, conversational song that’s both calculating and evasive.
“Bologna” ups the intrigue by featuring Toronto-based folk-country artist Fiver (Simone Schmidt), who trades barbs with Bejar ("You'll never see me again, amongst other things,” is the biggest taunt) amidst languid, strange, spacey synth-pop sounds.
It feels like we’re only at the beginning of an epic journey to the full album, Dan’s Boogie. Look for it from Merge Records on March 28 and for Destroyer on the road as they open for Father John Misty on his tour.
“Bologna” finds itself in the first third of this episode of What’s All This, which is available via that player at the top of the page. A new installment is on the way as well, and I’ll bring it to you at 2 p.m. this Sunday (and every Sunday) on 88Nine.
This week’s best new music
- Panda Bear, “Ferry Lady”
- Tōth, “Not Like the Other Earthquakes”
- Serpentwithfeet, “WRITHING IN THE WIND”
- Destroyer, “Bologna (ft. Fiver)”
- Dean Wareham, “You Were the Ones I Had to Betray”
- Sleeper’s Bell, “Over”
- Morgan Nagler, “Cradle The Pain”
- Lutalo, “I Figured”
- chrysalis, “do you?”
- Blondshell, “TA”
- The Laughing Chimes, “Cats Go Car Watching”
- zzzahara, “In Your Head”
- Sharp Pins, “I Can’t Stop”
