Whatever you think of Dan Bejar, his albums like Destroyer always sound stylish and stylish. On breakthrough (2011), for example, he was inspired by the slick sound of and , successor (2015) was provided with a lush orchestral layer in its entirety and on (2017) the Canadian rediscovered the calmer 80's. sound from bands like . Against this background, it is striking that Have We Met sounds
… rather messy, like a mixed bag. For example, Roxy Music pops up again in Cue Synthesizer, but the instrumental title track sounds like something from The Durutti Column. Both beautiful songs, not like that. And that certainly applies to the blood-curdling singles Crimson Tide and It Just Doesn't Happen. But that pretty much ends the cake. University Hill and especially The Television Music Supervisor even sound downright long-winded. Although the latter contains such a wonderfully inimitable Bejar text: 'The music makes a musical sound, measured in echoes by famous novelist brothers, Shithead No. 1 and Shithead No. 2. ' (RME)more
