Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca

Cover art for Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors Description: Limited cassette for your Walkman on Domino
Format: Tape
Genre(s): Experimental Pop
Label: Domino
Price:
£7.49
Availability: Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

4Rating: 4
...according to our on 27 June 2009.

i'm quite alarmed that no-one has reviewed this yet. i've seen a lot written about it on that big thing we call the internet  - some good, some bad. so its good that i can finally get an opinion of my own.  well on first listen i think its very good  - taking the complex avant rock of gastr del sol and matching it with arthur russell style disco and r&b moves that are so stuttery and ever so slightly unsure of themselves in style that they could only come from the mind of a white man.

it will probably take a bit of getting used to for some people but thats what i like about it. kind of like a modern day talking heads that have soaked up the influence of thechicago based math rock bands and done a lot of listening to john cale.

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What their label says...

“At first, I listen to this record hunting for a theme. I hear big riffs that make me
think of classic rock, so I think, “Is this Led Zeppelin deconstructed?” I hear folk
guitar picking and gorgeous strings, so I think, “Is this 60’s folk-pop re-imagined?”
But, as is usually the case, my lame attempts at categorization fade away and soon
all I can hear is Dirty Projectors. Ultimately, I don’t hear Brian’s brutally excellent
drumming or Dave and Amber’s riffs as “classic rock” signifiers.  “Temecula Sunrise”
is not the sound of Dad cracking open a brew in ’75. It’s not Physical Graffiti for 2K9;
it’s 2K9’s Physical Graffiti. You feel me?” – Ezra, Vampire Weekend.
• The album comes with beautiful artwork and there will be a strictly limited edition
of 1000 2CD sets for the indies only, including a bonus disk of the ‘Stillness is
the Move’ 12” material.
• Following the Animal Collective’s fantastic start to the year, there is great
feeling that Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors could also have the same
crossover appeal.
• Vampire Weekend, David Byrne and Bjork are all raving about the record.

Cannibal Resource * Temecula Sunrise * The Bride * Stillness Is The Move *
Two Doves * Useful Chamber * No Intention * Remade Horizon * Fluorescent
Half Dome
Special Edition 2CD (WIGCD229X) only
Stillness Is The Move (Album Version) * Stillness Is The Move (A Cappella
Mix) * Stillness Is The Move (Lucky Dragons Remix) * Wave The Bloody Shirt
* Bitte Bitte Orca