DESTROYER!
From Vancouver
Merge Recording Artists
DESTROYER
A special solo performance with Dan Bejar
with special guests to be announced
6 PM Friday July 24
Comox Valley Curling Centre
4835 Headquarters Road, Courtenay
Licensed all ages event.
$30 Advance tickets for 19+, or $15 discounted for minors at
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cvgbs-presents-destroyer-tickets-1991432310649
or cvgbs.tickit.ca
$35 tickets at the door if not sold out.
DESTROYER
Poetic, shape‑shifting indie art‑rock—Dan Bejar turns sharp wit and lush melodies into a career of fearless, ever-evolving brilliance.
Based around band founder Dan Bejar's rakish vocals and obtuse songwriting persona, Destroyer has been in a constant state of evolution since starting out in 1995. Bejar split his time between Destroyer and other bands of note like the New Pornographers and Swan Lake, among others, but Destroyer gradually grew from their Bowie-esque indie folk of their early recordings into far more ambitious experiments with arrangement, instrumentation, and delivery. Bejar's laid-back yet theatrical songwriting presence sits at the center of every phase Destroyer goes through, from the acoustic-leaning melodrama of 2004's Your Blues to the cinematic lounge pop of 2011's Kaputt to experiments with synthesizers and spoken word on albums like 2020's Have We Met and dense pop orchestration on 2025's Dan's Boogie.
Destroyer has released records listed by Exclaim! magazine as among the "ten best Canadian albums of all time", has been nominated multiple times for the Polaris Prize, been on countless Best of the Year lists...and is truly one of the most enigmatic singer songwriters of this century.
https://www.mergerecords.com/artist/destroyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_(band)
https://destroyer.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Destroyer/
https://www.instagram.com/destroyer_band/
additional guests to be announced!
CVGBs is a loose collective bringing oddball music, art, & culture to the Comox Valley.
https://cvgbs.com/upcomingshows/
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