Album of the Week III

So this may seem kind of boring, because i know pretty much everyone has this album by now and has been talking about it a good bit, but hey, it's what i've been listening to most this week.

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca


This album came up out of no where for me. I had never heard a Dirty Projectors song in my life. I read some good things about this album, heard some friends say it was rad, and decided to get my hands on it. I threw it in iTunes and started off with "Cannibal Resource" and knew right away that i liked it. I don't know if it's folk or rock or pop, but whatever it is, it's good. Not only are the vocals intricate and hauntingly beautiful, the guitars sound so damn good! I don't know what they did, but someone was a genius when they recorded this band. I think my favorite examples of awesome guitar on this album are at the end of "Useful Chamber" (starting at 5:15) and throughout "No Intention." And "Temecula", my gosh, what is going on with the instrumentation in that song? Blowing my mind. It's sporadic but perfectly uniform at the same time. I know Austin was raving about the part in the song where he sings "There's a space for you in my basement. All you gotta do is help with the chores and do the dishes... and i know you will". Yup, i agree, that part rules.

What really keeps me coming back to this album pretty much every day is the unique way the voices of the three vocalist (one dude, two chicks) blend and harmonize. They seem to utilize the vocal talents they have just about perfectly. Some of the vocal patterns, harmonies, and octave jumps give me chills.

One word for this album. Beautiful.

-Stephen