The wait is nearly over: Destroyer's tour of the United States and Canada, a full-band affair in support of their transcendent new album Dan's Boogie, kicks off later this month. Before Dan Bejar & co. take to the highways and byways of this great continent, they're sharing a new David Galloway–directed video for closing track “Travel Light.” Revisit Dan's Boogie wherever you stream music, or pick up a copy on CD or LP from the Merge store!
The video for “Travel Light” is at once a traditional audiovisual pairing of tangentially connected performance and image, but, even more, it is the cinematic equivalent of an iMessage reaction. Possibly the question mark or thumbs up. Maybe even the crying eyes one.
Dan Bejar says:
“Travel Light” is a dreamsong captured in a simple and documentarian way, so I think it makes sense to splice me playing and singing it with footage of America’s Ghost Ship at night. The song is essentially saying, “All aboard!”
Dan's Boogie received rave reviews upon its release in March, and the upcoming tour was named one of Pitchfork’s most anticipated of the year. That anticipation will soon pay off: North American dates kick off on September 23 in Eugene, OR. Jennifer Castle will support all dates, with Cass McCombs joining for the October 11 show at Brooklyn’s Knockdown Center. A second round of European dates follows in November, with support from Eleanor Friedberger. Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
Destroyer on tour:
Sep 23 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall*
Sep 24 San Francisco, CA – August Hall*
Sep 25 Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether*
Sep 26 Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge*
Sep 29 Dallas, TX – Trees*
Oct 01 Louisville, KY – Whirling Tiger*
Oct 02 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall*
Oct 03 Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium*
Oct 04 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line*
Oct 06 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom*
Oct 07 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre*
Oct 08 Toronto, ON – The Opera House*
Oct 09 Montréal, QC – Les Foufounes Électriques*
Oct 10 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club*
Oct 11 Brooklyn, NY – Knockdown Center*^
Oct 12 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts*
Oct 14 Washington, DC – Black Cat*
Oct 15 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle*
Oct 16 Atlanta, GA – Hell at The Masquerade*
Oct 17 Nashville, TN – Basement East*
Oct 18 St. Louis, MO – Blueberry Hill*
Oct 19 Kansas City, MO – Warehouse on Broadway*
Oct 21 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater*
Oct 22 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge*
Oct 23 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club*
Oct 24 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater*
Oct 25 Seattle, WA – Crocodile*
Oct 26 Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre*
Nov 07 Kortrijk, BE – Sonic City
Nov 08 Cologne, DE – Luxor
Nov 09 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso+
Nov 11 Malmö, SE – Plan B+
Nov 12 Oslo, NO – Goldie+
Nov 13 Stockholm, SE – Slaktkyrkan+
Nov 14 Copenhagen, DK – Pumpehusset+
Nov 15 Hamburg, DE – Molotow+
Nov 16 Berlin, DE – Lido+
Nov 17 Munich, DE – Kranhalle+
Nov 18 Aarau, CH – Kiff+
Nov 20 San Sebastian, ES – Teatro Victoria Eugenia+
Nov 21 Santander, ES – Escenario Santander+
Nov 23 Valencia, ES – Jerusalem+
Nov 24 Madrid, ES – Teatro Mago+
Nov 25 Lisbon, PT – Venue TBA+
* w/ Jennifer Castle
^ w/ Cass McCombs
+ w/ Eleanor Friedberger
