The part that really blows my mind is the breakdown in Useful Chamber. The girls sing this incredibly complex harmony, and then they repeat it in a much softer style (it sounds like a synth pad) -- it's beyond description! This is such a great record. The run of tracks from Stillness to No Intention is awesome.
Feathliur.
― Wax Cat, Saturday, 25 April 2009 18:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
I was trying to dissect just what was going on with my session ace guitar teacher. To his ears, he heard either some tricky harmonizer work or tracks recorded (sampled?) then sped up. The pop aspect of this album has gotten more and more apparent to me with each listen, but the genius lies in all the tricky ways he/they disguise it. They make you work for you pleasure, which makes it that much more interesting/affecting when it finally clicks.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 25 April 2009 18:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah "useful chamber"'s great. reminds me a little of the song they did with david byrne for the dark was the night thing, "knotty pine"
― kamerad, Saturday, 25 April 2009 18:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
still digging this
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 18:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
i don't think it's even come out yet bro
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
release date is june 9. pretty scary that people could be done "digging" an album before it's even out.
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
There's something called the internet, see.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
that's not the point.
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
i'm not done, though. i'll probably even listen to it after it's released. might even pay money for it.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
still have not heard it. i don't think i know where to get leaks lately
when i saw these guys (march?) they were flogging 'bitte orca' t shirts
presumably after june 9 you have to stop wearing them
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
it does seem like a pretty long lag time between when they must have finished it (+ the inevitable leak) and the release date
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 19:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
bj*rk's stock has collapsed like the markets after that last LP hasn't it?!
not even a mention of her last single, or the collaboration with these guys (haven't even heard yet, or this band... curious) a fortnight after it was on Pitchfork.
Did I dream it?
― fandango, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 20:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
"i've only recently been acquainted with the band through their new album, but i feel like the dirty projectors are one of the bands that fit into the category of bands who are the only band in the world who could possibly make the music they make."
Very much agree. They the Gentle Giant of the indie rock.
― jaydaven, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:09 (4 years ago) Permalink
Anyone who digs this album and hasn't checked out "Knotty Pine" should do so
― Number None, Thursday, 21 May 2009 00:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
― Freedom, Thursday, 21 May 2009 07:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
This is definitely an album I'll be buying which I can't say about all the leaked albums I listen to. Also just ordered the Dark Was The Night album as the tracklisting looks phenomenal, it's only £9 on Amazon and as it's for charity I can't bring myself to d/l it for free off of the interweb
― groovypanda, Thursday, 21 May 2009 07:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
someone please school me on gordy. what is the essential album?
― cutty, Thursday, 21 May 2009 12:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
also some please let me know what else out there in the world sounds like knotty pine
― cutty, Thursday, 21 May 2009 13:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
Props to Number None for pinting in the direction of "Knotty Pine" - not the Gordon lightfoot song! Tis awesome.
x-piddly
― Freedom, Thursday, 21 May 2009 13:39 (4 years ago) Permalink
In terms of albums, I only know Rise Above, which is a tad heavy going, though the song Gimmie Gimmie Gimme is pretty cool.
― Freedom, Thursday, 21 May 2009 13:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
okay, this is fantastic
sadly, they have three weeks tops until nine-tenths of ilm starts affecting to hate them.
― thomp, Thursday, 21 May 2009 19:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
sadly for ilm, i mean; i doubt the dirty projectors will care
it would take a pretty shitty follow up for me to start disliking this band now
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Thursday, 21 May 2009 20:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'd also be very interested in what earlier albums of theirs are worth checking out
― groovypanda, Friday, 22 May 2009 20:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
caveat: his lead guitar playing (i think it is him) is less interesting on this record than it was playing the songs off this record live
also, live they did something tranceyier/wigouter at the end; i am not sure yet how i feel about the power-ballad stylings of the closer here
also, how old is dave longstreth? if he doesn't have at least the better part of five years on me it'll annoy me, i think.
― thomp, Friday, 22 May 2009 21:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
are you competing with him?
― cutty, Friday, 22 May 2009 22:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
he's kinda hot in a gross way too
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 22 May 2009 22:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
he's never seen the seventies
― tramp steamer, Friday, 29 May 2009 04:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
saw them live on tuesday opening for TVOTR. they were so great. blew me away. every person in that band has so much damn talent, it's a bit mind-boggling to see it come together so well on stage.
also, i'm in love with angel deradoorian.
― borntohula, Thursday, 4 June 2009 20:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
which is the one that does "two doves"?
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 20:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp seein that show tonight
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 20:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
angel is the one that does "two doves."
― borntohula, Friday, 5 June 2009 10:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
had not read upthread in a while. ILX has really u-turned on DP u no
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 5 June 2009 11:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol hstencil
― cutty, Friday, 5 June 2009 15:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
and animal collective = they might be giants. fuck that.
confusing statement imo
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Friday, 5 June 2009 15:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just heard the Getty Address last night. Really is a great record, and perfect for being super stoned at 2 a.m.
― DustyLoops, Friday, 5 June 2009 20:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Getty Address is Killer Business
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 5 June 2009 20:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
My mother was asking me about these guys the other day which was kind of o_O. Were they on NPR or something?
― circa1916, Friday, 5 June 2009 21:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
this album is only released today?
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 08:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
that pads/vocals back forth at the middle of useful chamber sounds new today.
BITTEYORCA-ORCABITTEY!
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 09:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
new album has leaked and is pretty amazing
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, April 10, 2009 6:23 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I've been listening to this album consistently since this post and I'm still not tired of it, pretty amazing.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 11:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
April 10 is my birthday
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 12:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
that was quick - Bitte Orca already on Spotify
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 12:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Might as well have titled this album Pitte Forka.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 13:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
groan
― cutty, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 14:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 14:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
good rec, not sure if i like it more than rise above? some of the noodlier guitar stuff seems not as tight or loopy-yet-mathematical in that dp way that i have come to like. it's more -- here's some hammer-ons! i like the production -- especially the drums -- on this one more but the song writing hasnt grabbed me as much. need to listen to it more tho. they're still probably the best band going these days. makes so much other stuff out there seem hopelessly half-assed
― uptown churl, Thursday, 11 June 2009 19:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Opening track is dope
― Garri$on Kilo (Hurting 2), Friday, 12 June 2009 03:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
Digging this whole disc, and did not expect to like it one bit.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 12 June 2009 03:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
Top Three Things About The Song "Cannibal Resource":
1. The guitar during the verse, and the way it plays off the drum beat. (It was this, mostly, that convinced me to buy the record after hearing the first 30 seconds or so on spotify)
2. The girls' ahs underneath the chorus!
3. The huge drum hit on the two of the clean guitar bit that follows the chorus.
― still counting on porcupine racetrack (G00blar), Monday, 22 June 2009 20:56 (3 years ago) Permalink