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| Popmatters |
 In his review of Dirty Projectors’ immensely popular 2009 opus Bitte Orca, PopMatters’ own Matthew Fiander called the record “unknowable,” professing his feeling of awe at Dave Longstreth’s restless, genre-bending creativity. True, Bitte Orca swept listeners off their feet in surprise, making converts out of many formerly immune to the draw of the band’s strange, often labyrinthine compositions. Dirty Projectors always made soulful, seemingly self-consciously “difficult” pop music, but Bitte Orca finally condensed the often disparate elements of Longstreth’s songwriting into something at once approachable and, to many ears, astonishingly unique. So, one couldn’t be blamed for greeting this expanded edition of the album with equal parts expectation and reservation. Why risk potentially cracking Bitte Orca’s crystalline form by stretching it out over two discs? It’s a gift to fans, sure, especially the more fevered of the band’s considerably rabid devotees. But those fans already own the album in its original packaging, and will newcomers to the Projectors’ ever-growing fanclub really find themselves even more bowled over by a disc of outtakes and live recordings? And that’s what most of the unreleased material here turns out to be. The second disc of the new Bitte Orca opens with a five-song acoustic set of album favorites recorded live at New York’s Other Music. It’s interesting to see Dirty Projectors in an acoustic setting, since so much of the band’s material gets its signature energy and drive from the way drummer Brian McOmber’s awesomely off-kilter beats play off of Longstreth’s consistently impressive finger-picked electric guitar and Nat Baldwin’s funk-laden bass work. The voices of the band—Longstreth’s signature vibrato and the otherworldly harmonies of Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman—would also seem to lend themselves to such a setting, easily translating into the gentleness of pared down arrangements....full text |
| Pitchfork |
| Last year, Dirty Projectors made a leap forward with Bitte Orca, Pitchfork's second-favorite album of the year. And on September 28, that LP will get something of a victory lap when Domino releases a double-disc expanded version of the album, featuring rare material. The expanded Bitte Orca features the original album on one disc. On the second, there's a live acoustic performance from the New York record store Other Music, as well as vinyl-only B-sides from the "Stillness Is the Move" and "Ascending Melody" singles and this cover of Bob Dylan's "As I Went Out One Morning" (UPDATE: The cover that appears on the expanded edition is new and unreleased). We've got the tracklist below. Over the next few months, the band will play a ton of shows, including a Madison Square Garden date with Phoenix and Wavves. Check the schedule below the tracklisting. Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition): CD1: 01 Cannibal Resource 02 Temecula Sunrise 03 The Bride 04 Stillness Is the Move 05 Two Doves 06 Useful Chamber 07 No Intention 08 Remade Horizon 09 Fluorescent Half Dome CD2: 01 Fluorescent Half Dome (Live at Other Music) 02 Temecula Sunrise (Live at Other Music) 03 Two Doves (Live at Other Music) 04 Cannibal Resource (Live at Other Music) 05 No Intention (Live at Other Music) 06 Ascending Melody 07 Emblem of The World 09 Bitte Bitte Orca 10 Stillness Is the Move (Lucky Dragons Remix) 11 As I Went Out One Morning Dirty Projectors: 09-07 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club * 09-08 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero * 09-11 New York, NY - Terminal 5 * 09-13 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theater * 09-14 Montreal, Quebec - Le National ^ 09-15 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House ^ 09-17 Chicago, IL - Metro ^ 09-18 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre ^ 09-19 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ^ 09-23 Pomona, CA - Glass House # 09-24 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern # 09-25 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore # 09-28 Portland, OR - Aladdin # 09-29 Portland, OR - Aladdin # 09-30 Seattle, WA - Showbox # 10-05 Durham, NC - Page Auditorium 10-20 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden % 11-06 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest 12-07 London, England - Koko 12-10 Minehead, England - ATP Festival...full text |
| Elbo |
| This collection of acoustic live takes and b-sides offers no substantial addition to Dirty Projectors' instant classic. In his review of Dirty Projectors' immensely popular 2009 opus Bitte Orca, PopMatters' own Matthew Fiander called the record "unknowable," professing his feeling of awe at Dave Longstreth's restless, genre-bending creativity. True, Bitte Orca swept listeners off their feet in surprise, making converts out of many formerly immune to the draw of the band's strange, often labyrinthine compositions. Dirty Projectors always made soulful, seemingly self-consciously "difficult" pop music, but Bitte Orca finally condensed the often...full text |
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