Dirty Projectors have revealed that they have completed work on their ninth album.
Emerging from Brooklyn, Dirty Projectors seemed capable to crafting music that was impossible to define. Sure, there were elements of twisted R&B, indie rock and even the odd Afrobeat flourish but in reality the band’s output seemed to come from somewhere quite new, quite distinct.
Hooking up with Bjork for a stripped down EP, the band then began work on their second album. Sessions have been running throughout 2011, with Dirty Projectors now putting the finishing touches on their LP.
Speaking to Spin, leader David Longstreth revealed that he holed himself up in an old house in rural Delaware County, New York. “The first four months of the year, I was building fires in the wood stove and using New York Times papers from 1994 as kindling. It was weird to read some of the articles from back then before I burned them.”
“The winter was tough. I got stuck a few times, which sucked. I have one neighbor up the road named Gary. He loves Keystone Light. He’s towed me out of the driveway a couple of times. This place is seriously haunted.”
Amongst the song titles confirmed for the new LP are ‘Maybe That Was It’, ‘Terror Vast’ and ‘Swing Low Magellan’. During the interview with Spin Longstreth appeared to suggest that ‘Maybe That Was It’ was aimed at The Strokes – in a Facebook posting the songwriter explained that the comment was intended as a joke.
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to clarify: “maybe that was it” = not a diss track!! julian and i hung last winter, he’s a cool dude and we actually might make some music together at some point. the song actually has nothing to do with the strokes’ song — that was just a random joke i made to the spin interviewer, but i guess he didn’t get it and it became the headline of his article instead! –dave
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Dirty Projectors are set to release their new album in Spring 2012.
