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Brooklyn-based band Dirty Projectors<\/a> have been releasing albums since 2002, but until this year, have been largely seen as too conceptual and highbrow to be listenable. Frontman, Dave Longstreth, is a Yale grad with a propensity for the inventive and experimental. Past albums include ornate interpretations of Black Flag songs<\/a>, theatrical orchestral pieces, and inspiration from just about every musical genre you can imagine.<\/p>\n Their June release, Bitte Orca<\/em><\/a>, does not break from their pattern of imaginative tracks, drawing inspiration from all different styles; it is, however, their first album to seem like a cohesive set, with a sound accessible to a much broader audience. The songs are still intricate enough to keep a listener’s interest, but do not lose them in overly abstract departures, as in the past.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Dirty Projectors also collaborated with David Byrne<\/a> on Dark Was the Night<\/em><\/a>, a compilation album put out by Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series and produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the band The National<\/a>. Their track, “Knotty Pine,”<\/a> is lead by bright acoustic guitars and the driving harmonies of the band’s female vocalists, Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle; and the Talking Heads<\/a> tinge can be clearly heard.<\/p>\n The band is set to release a new EP, entitled “Temecula Sunrise,” next month. Only time will tell if Dirty Projectors will continue with their approachable art-pop rock sound or head back to the unpredictable world of experimental rock.<\/p>\n![\"dirtyprojectors-bitteorca\"](\"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/dirtyprojectors-bitteorca.jpg?w=300\" "\\"dirtyprojectors-bitteorca\\"")
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