About To Die [EP] - Dirty Projectors
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71 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: The four-track EP, includes three B-sides from the Swing Lo Magellan sessions.

Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Paste Magazine
    Nov 12, 2012
    81
    About to Die manages not only to seem vital in comparison to the other Dirty Projectors' art projects of this year, but also stirs hunger for the 25 other songs from these sessions that will hopefully see an eventual release.
  2. Pitchfork
    Nov 12, 2012
    73
    This is a cherry on a cupcake.
  3. Magnet
    Jan 4, 2013
    70
    The arresting gorgeous title tune here destroys everything else, of course. But the rest have a loose, jammy feel that wouldn't have been tolerable in any phase of the DP's career other than the pop one. [No. 94, p.53]
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  4. PopMatters
    Dec 14, 2012
    60
    About to Die offers a tight, effective encore for Magellan.

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  1. seantimothy
    10
    As a DP obsessee I have to review it and say, basically it's Swing Lo Magellen but it deserves a 100% because it was still everything you could have asked for in a DP release. Okay!… Expand

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