Totally, 'Stillness is the Moves' blows me away again and again! Awesome album, this.
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 6 July 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
moves
I've been listening to this a bunch over the last few days. Overall I like most of the songs, but I think Stillness Is The Move and Two Doves tower above any of the other tracks. This suggests to me that the album may have been even better if main dude would have divided lead vocal tasks more evenly between the 3 of them. Maybe let each person do 3 songs? Then there'd be nothing left to do but rake in the $$$$$.
― Moodles, Friday, 10 July 2009 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I think "Two Doves" is by far the worst song on the album. It has the least interesting chord progression and aesthetic-wise is like uh... really girly. I imagine dude writing it and being like "Strictly 4 My B.I.T.C.H.E.S."
― balearific, Friday, 10 July 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess rhythmically and harmonically those two songs are more straightforward than they others.
To me, that works in their favor because the focus then shifts away from quirkiness to the beauty of the melodies and their voices. I guess I get more excited about really well crafted pop songs than by the originality of it all.
― Moodles, Friday, 10 July 2009 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
― balearific, Friday, July 10, 2009 3:20 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark
STFU, BITCH
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
― Moodles, Friday, July 10, 2009 7:56 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Idk--I think the guy has an amazing voice and that, say, "Useful Chamber" is extremely catchy. I do see where you're coming from, though. I respect your opinion.
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Friday, July 10, 2009 8:03 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
GO CHOKE ON AN AIDS-RIDDEN DICK
1) ur missing the point 2) uh "the girl" wrote it
― we don't know weber he bill return (k3vin k.), Friday, July 10, 2009 8:14 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Yes, I definitely am missing the point. But no, Dave wrote all the songs--cf. http://andybetablog.blogspot.com/2009/06/dirty-projectors-interview.html "The songs on this album that I wrote for the girls"
― balearific, Friday, 10 July 2009 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Strictly 4 My B.I.T.C.H.E.S., bitches
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
kindof think Two Doves is just too much of an overplayed reference and comes off pretty lame.
Stillness is the move is gonna be the one people remember but Useful Chamber is pretty awesome esp for that harmony/pads bit that I wish reappeared at least twice more in the song but whatevs that is what repeat buttons are for iirc.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
like all that feather/failure stuff upthread is real enlightening music discussion cringe to me now.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
also i wish i didnt just read that interview, dude is such a dork
― we don't know weber he bill return (k3vin k.), Friday, July 10, 2009 8:32 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
hahahahahah that much I definitely agree with. My favorite part is when they listen to West African guitar music together
― balearific, Friday, 10 July 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
"Two Doves" haterz are obscurantist loons! :-))))))))))))))))
― Freedom, Friday, 10 July 2009 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
So wait, is my reading comprehension slipping, or does he kind of make fun of Rollins for buying the same kind of African guitar music they are enthusing about later in the interview? Or is it just "lol Rollins old"?
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
<3 this lyric in "temecula sunrise"
and what hits the spot, yeah, like gatorade?/ you and me baby
― tru_uth hurts (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 25 July 2009 07:31 (fifteen years ago) link
at times, nothing hits the spot like gatorade tbh
― tru_uth hurts (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 25 July 2009 07:33 (fifteen years ago) link
singing 'woah-nigh'' after that line is as r kelly as the lp gets.
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Saturday, 25 July 2009 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
i like "i live in a greenhouse and i am getting wasted, yeah" from the same song alot as well. this album has really darling lyrics, like nothing is really going wrong in their lives ever: "i'm cau-au-aught up in a storm, that i, don't need no shelter from."
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
it's more super-positivity i think, like stillness in the move, after all that we've been through etc
― the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Saturday, 25 July 2009 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
huh, i like this stillness song, i'd never heard it
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
It's fucking rad more like! :-)
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 3 August 2009 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
This album is so great. The musicianship is just amazing. So nice to hear in the wake of tone deaf retard bait like Vivian Girls.
― Darin, Thursday, 6 August 2009 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Best performance I've seen on Letterman, ever, perhaps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuzdtrDRrro
(via http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13334-cannibal-resource-live-on-late-show-with-david-letterman/)
― kshighway, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
True fucking joy! Why isn't EVERYONE listening to this band? They should be all over the fucking charts.
― kshighway, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, that performance is just great! Can't believe how good his voice is live as well, quite remarkable!
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
dont't get me wrong i like that they're playing it alot faster than on the recording, but it is not flattering in certain parts. i like that new guitar line on the "still countin on..." part though, and have always loved dave longstreth's pidgeonlike neck movements.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 05:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Band reminds me of Scritti Politti.
― Cunga, Thursday, 1 October 2009 07:48 (fourteen years ago) link
The vocals for sure sound a lot like Green, but the music not so much though right?
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Deradoorian EP >>>> Bitte Orca
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I've yet to check that out!
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i havent heard of that, will check it out
― just sayin, Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:25 (fourteen years ago) link
sounds kinda like a more minimal, less produced, less dreadful (in the neutral sense) Third, maybe?
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 09:36 (fourteen years ago) link
woah i haven't heard anything about this. did she write the songs herself?
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
ok i just listened to it and the answer is obviously yes.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
it's good! nothing quite as great as "two doves," just some seriously darling mystical folk.
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:26 (fourteen years ago) link
are you guys talking about "Mind Raft"?
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i am
― samosa gibreel, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
the song i heard sounds good but has nothing on bitte orca
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
nb: I only like one song on Bitte Orca
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
sonderangerbot: yes
― suggestbannn/the lorax below (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 October 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
It's in the vocals at times, oh yes, but a song like "Stillness Is The Move" has a distancing effect on me that reminded me of songs like "The Sweetest Girl" as well.
― Cunga, Friday, 2 October 2009 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
ok thought maybe there was something new out. Mind Raft is pretty good, a bit lazy and grungy in comparison. but i agree with Jordan, Bitte Orca is just impossible to get tired of. and if i ever do i'm looking forward to checking out the previous stuff
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 6 October 2009 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
longstreth seems like such a bro
http://www.avclub.com/austin/articles/dirty-projectors-david-longstreth-doesnt-think-the,34303/
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
The A.V. Club: Has anyone ever told you that they fuck to your music?
DL: No! That’s alarming.
lol
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
btw i have recently decided this record isn't that good
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I always want to have some kinda balls and damage in my singing, too!
also, I'm really glad he hates Zappa
― balearific, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i kind of love how he says "fuck" or a variation thereof in about every sentence
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
way too many fucks for a "goofy" and "eccentric" ex-yalie imo
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
On the subject of the merit of Bitte Orca: I've been a big Dirty Projectors fan for about five years now, and I don't think any of their albums are all that great. But somehow the project continues to appeal to me; Longstreth seems like a force for good, no matter how loud the whiny chorus of anti-hipsters becomes.
― The Boxing Pretzel Wizard, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:39 (fourteen years ago) link
except for stillness is the move every idea on bitte orca was done to better effect on rise above
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"rise above" is the best song on either imo, but i had trouble sitting through that at times; bitte's much pithier
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 October 2009 03:43 (fourteen years ago) link