Destroyer announces new album 'ken'

Following on from his remarkable 2015 album 'Poison Season', songwriter-producer Destroyer aka Dan Bejar has announced the details of his next studio LP.

The new full-length 'ken' is said to have been inspired by "the last few years of the Thatcher era”, according to Bejar, was produced by Black Mountain’s Josh Wells, and is expected to be released on the 20th October via Merge Records.

Check out the lyric video for lead single 'Sky's Grey' in the player, and see the album's full tracklisting and artwork below.

'ken' Tracklist:
01 Sky’s Grey
02 In the Morning
03 Tinseltown Swimming in Blood
04 Cover From the Sun
05 Saw You at the Hospital
06 A Light Travels Down the Catwalk
07 Rome
08 Sometimes In the World
09 Ivory Coast
10 Stay Lost
11 La Regle du Jeu

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