Swing Lo Magellan
- Dirty Projectors
- Band Name: Dirty Projectors
- Record Label: Domino
- Release Date: Jul 10, 2012
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Jul 10, 201291By the dazzlingly innovative and heartfelt record's end, the band has worked in a bit of everything it has to offer, and offered it with winning sincerity.
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Jul 12, 201290The album is a melting pot of so many brilliant musical perspectives, which could only be channelled by a band with a gleeful, wide-eyed fascination with the possibilities of their music. And they succeed in their knowing but expertly-delivered goal: to sound like no other band out there.
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Jul 9, 201290The Dirty Projectors' best album by a mile holds that balance, all magnificent wobble, no collapse.
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Jul 9, 201290Wild, wooly, and willfully chaotic.
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Jul 3, 201290Swing Lo Magellan affords generous breathing space to Dirty Projectors' music: a context in which new levels of unpretentious eloquence positively flourish.
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Jul 17, 201289There is so much to both genuinely appreciate and enjoy on Swing Lo Magellan that it makes you wonder why these have to sometimes be exclusive ways to experience an album.
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Jul 11, 201288Dirty Projectors still get itchy at the prospect of sleek surfaces, and their uneasiness is a thrill to behold.
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Jul 9, 201288The band's least ornate batch of songs to date builds upon Longstreth's most direct and identifiable lyrics ever. Which means that Dirty Projectors have upped their emotional and structural accessibility all at once.
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Jul 27, 201284The channel still churns on Swing Lo Magellan, but Longstreth has built sturdy songs with solid foundations here, trapping his confusion in a container.