If the spirit of the band needed to be elevated in last weeks, the best thing possible happened to us during the end of this week. We started recording of the second album and in the first two days we have recorded four tracks plus having two already recorded in a past in a can. We finally choose Dušan Neuwerth as a producer and we had a fantastic time collaborating with him. Recording in studio Moskva at Barrandov Film Studios, Prague we took all advantages of this vintage/modern vintage studio and achieved sound and atmosphere we were dreaming about from the day we finished the debut album. With a support of sound engineer Lukáš and manager of the studio Risto we had everything we needed being focused just on music. We recorded some really heavy stuff, some really weird stuff and some quite exceptional stuff for a post-punk band. See for yourself:
Festival season just started (yesterday we played Mezi Ploty in Prague) and one of the most important european music projects and festivals – Europavox – just released their annual compilation of the best european music. We are proud that our song Don’t give a Damn was chosen as one of the most interesting songs in the Rock category and is a part of this double CD containing 31 songs from the whole Europe.
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Great unplugged song! And surprising. Can’t wait for the new album.
With love, M.
When did Destroyer learn to play the balalaika?
first of all I am a Slav (apart from a fact that I am completely and definitely not) so it should be a part of a genome and second I was watching the whole 70s and 80s the infamous russian TV entertainment shows where the balalaika played the main role and I dreamed that one day I will be also like this euro-mongolian pioneer Comrades from USSR holding proudly balalaika of any size and kind (they had the smallest same as the biggest balalaikas possibly made and playable). unfortunately times they are a-changing and gibson and fender don’t do balalaikas so I was americanized and started to play an electric guitar. do i regret? not really.