Destroyer has shared a video for “foolssong,” the closer of Have We Met. It was directed by David Galloway and David Ehrenreich and shot on the road during Destroyer’s most recent tour, which was called off early due to the coronavirus.
“The tour got cancelled. We were making a film. Maybe we still are, it’s hard to tell, though,” Galloway and Ehrenreich said in a statement. “‘foolssong’ is what’s left of that for now…. With any luck, these alien landscapes provide only a temporary snapshot of an unfamiliar world, a glimpse into a future that denotes self-separation, isolation, but on the bright side, maybe a little bit more wonder.”
Snow Day. At this very peculiar time, the expression “Have We Met” deserves a question mark less than ever. We likely haven’t met anyone new since March, and the cadence of this statement is more of an absolute than an actual inquiry. The tour got cancelled. We were making a film. Maybe we still are, it’s hard to tell, though. “foolssong” is what’s left of that for now. “foolssong” is a lullaby, it’s the painted book cover of a sinister romantic novel, and it’s our second favourite song on the album.
Packing up mid-stride and pushing through North America to find solace in quarantine is a pretty foreign experience.
With any luck, these alien landscapes provide only a temporary snapshot of an unfamiliar world, a glimpse into a future that denotes self-separation, isolation, but on the bright side, maybe a little bit more wonder.
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