MP3s: Dirty Projectors "Ambulance Man","Knotty Pine"

The demise of the bulk of albums is that the one song that inclined you to purchase the album is so outstanding it makes the rest of the songs sound blandly mediocre.  At first listen you might be deceived into thinking this exuberant CD is a blend of newest favs created by one of your friends then planted into your CD/MP3 player.  The beauty of this faux mix CD, Bitte Orca (June 9,2009) by the Dirty Projectors, is the anticipation for the next unattached song.  

Each song is its own individual conception.  The vast array of compelling melodies doesn't undermine its predecessor.  Blending textures and sounds is a recipe for an intriguingly refreshing album.  It is sort of like a cereal variety pack.  At first you go for the Fruity Pebbles, but then grow to love all the others along the way.  All the songs have different vibes that it be an acoustic guitar, heavy electric riff, guitar solo, male singer, female singer, or a beat machine.  At times it's a clap your hands sing-a-long ("Stillness Is the Move"), others a tender arpeggio sentiment with a supporting ensemble of strings ("Two Doves"), or guitar jamming good old rock-n-roll ("Cannibal Resource").  Some are humorous when Longstreth romantically compares his lady in waiting to a bottle of Gatorade for she "hits the spot" in "Temecula Sunrise".  The founder of Dirty P, Dave Longstreth is a former Yale graduate in musical studies.  The song "Knotty Pine" by Dirty Projectors and David Byrne (Talking Heads) is on the compilation AIDS awareness CD, Dark was the Night (February 16, 2009) created by The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner.  "Ambulance Man" is another song performed live with David Byrne.  By far one of the most unique albums of the year.

TOUR DATES:

06-21 Wexner Center - Columbus, OH

06-22 Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Chicago, IL

07-03 Chop Suey - Seattle, WA

07-04 Holocene - Portland, OR

07-07 The Independent - San Francisco, CA

07-08 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA

07-09 Casbah - San Diego, CA

07-19 Williamsburg Waterfront - Brooklyn, NY

MP3: Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - Ambulance Man.mp3

MP3: Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - Knotty Pine.mp3