Dirty Projectors
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  • Summary: The eighth full-length release for the now solo project of David Longstreth was influenced by his breakup with former bandmate Amber Coffman.
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Keep Your Name
I don't know why you abandoned me You were my soul and my partner What we imagined and what we became We'll keep 'em separate and you keep your... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Record Collector
    Feb 17, 2017
    100
    Dirty Projectors have released their career highlight to date and already one of 2017’s best. Encore surely.
  2. The 405
    Feb 24, 2017
    90
    Reduced to his own devices, our gentleman hero has crafted both the most intrinsically soulful, emotional, and heartfelt record of his career. No less, he's delivered on one of music's greatest archetypes--and with aplomb.
  3. Uncut
    Feb 17, 2017
    80
    If art is love, and love is art, then this hyper-stylised, characteristically idiosyncratic break-up album, in the end makes a perfect kind of sense. [Mar 2017, p.36]
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  4. The Observer (UK)
    Feb 21, 2017
    80
    For the first time, Longstreth seems all too human, acknowledging failings and opening his inner landscape outwards.
  5. DIY Magazine
    Feb 24, 2017
    80
    Dave Longstreth conjures up something resembling a clear picture from all the record’s wildly disparate elements, and ‘Dirty Projectors’ serves to unify his most experimental moments with the door-opening impact of ‘Bitte Orca’.
  6. Exclaim
    Feb 21, 2017
    70
    Voyeuristic as it is, Dirty Projectors truly does feel like a record he had to make, not to mention one that's well worth our attention.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    Feb 22, 2017
    40
    David Longstreth’s account of his separation from former bandmate Amber Coffman told through a welter of autotuned, over-treated vocals and jumble of clashing sounds that, to be generous, may be intended as an analogue of the ground shifting beneath their disintegrating relationship.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
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  1. a_straats
    Feb 27, 2017
    9
    This album is a new style, and it works well. Some new classics like I see you and Death Spiral, plus the singles. I can't wait to hear theThis album is a new style, and it works well. Some new classics like I see you and Death Spiral, plus the singles. I can't wait to hear the songs he left off the album, that will hopefully be on a EP soon enough. Can't wait to hear what's next!… Expand
  2. KinVy
    Mar 24, 2017
    9
    I loved this record from my first listen - dense, layered production with some beautiful songwriting and the occasional piece of inventiveI loved this record from my first listen - dense, layered production with some beautiful songwriting and the occasional piece of inventive lyricism. By no means is it perfect: the production occasionally takes too much focus, leaving some songs feeling underwhelming; however this is an album that I enjoy so much in part because of its imperfections, not in spite of them.… Expand
  4. jotaeseche
    Feb 22, 2017
    9
    Glitchy, utterly experimental, raw, vulnerable and (most of all) constantly engaging and fun, Dirty Projectors finds David Longstreth at theGlitchy, utterly experimental, raw, vulnerable and (most of all) constantly engaging and fun, Dirty Projectors finds David Longstreth at the edge of his musical and artistic capacities. Fantastic record!… Expand
  5. Music_Observer
    May 14, 2017
    6
    The uplifting choruses and Longstreth’s tasteful melodic writing couldn’t overcome the uneasiness and instability that the overwhelmingThe uplifting choruses and Longstreth’s tasteful melodic writing couldn’t overcome the uneasiness and instability that the overwhelming electronic textures provided, and only a couple of good songs came out atop the wash. My Score: 105/180 (Okay) = 5.8/10… Expand

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