It may be June and far too early to start talk of Album of the Year, but it seems this year has been carved into a couple definite camps full of people backing either Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion or Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest. It's time to add a third contender to the list with the release of Dirty Projector's impressive new album Bitte Orca. For years Dave Longstreth and company have toiled as an obscure indie band, making artistic statements and quirky concept records, but with the release of Bitte Orca they have taken their music making ability to the next level. This is a record of pure pop brilliance, despite some off kilter time signatures and spastic guitar work.Two years ago Longstreth released Rise Above a re-imagined version of Black Flag's Damaged based solely on his memory of the legendary hardcore album. It was quite the statement, but it was also a divisive way to create an album. Some people hated the new versions of Black Flag's songs while others hailed it as one of the best records of the year. The sounds though weren't quite poppy enough to woo average music listeners into the Dirty Projectors' corner.
Listening to Bitte Orca all those issues have been resolved with brilliant harmonies, three unique and excellent voices working to create amazingly lush songs, and impressive guitar and bass bits that dominate the soundscape. It's a dense, full listen, but it is also a 1,000 times more immediate then anything the Dirty Projectors have ever released. Yet as immediate as Bitte Orca is it also maintains an artistic side that should make old school Dirty Projectors fans very happy.
2009 is shaping up to be another brilliant, and wildly influential last year of the decade. Indie artists have finally embraced making more widely appealing sounds, yet they haven't given up on what they stand for to do it. Dirty Projectors are just another example of this movement towards more immediate, yet still wonderfully deep music and because of that Bitte Orca immediately joins the conversation for Album of the Year.
Bitte Orca - "Stillness is the Move"
Bitte Orca - "Two Doves"
Bitte Orca - "No Intention"
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