Dirty Projectors: Rise Above on LP
Rise Above
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- Label:
- Dead Oceans
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2007
- Item number:
- 5986556
- UPC/EAN:
- 0656605130118
- Release date:
- 18.10.2007
Over three full lengths, an EP, and five different live bands in four years, David Longstreth has created in Dirty Projectors a body of music of original and variegated beauty. The breadth of his talents as a songwriter, arranger, bandleader and singer call to mind Prince, Joni Mitchell, and Bjork. His constantly evolving sound -- both live and on record -- the sheer intensity of the music, and the originality of his voice set him apart. Among modern music makers, he is a maverick: a loner and a rebel. From beginning to end, Dirty Projectors' new offering, Rise Above, is a reimagining of Black's Flag seminal 1981 record Damaged. It is not a covers record. Longstreth attempted to rewrite his favorite adolescent album word for word, from memory. From an interview with daytrotter. com: I didn't listen to the album or read the lyrics while I was doing it, and I hadn't heard the record since middle school, more or less. I relied on memory and intuition mostly. I wanted to see if I could make this album myself: not as plagiarism or mimicry, but as an original creative act. Writing a song is like pulling a shape out of the air, but I didn't want to write just any song -- I wanted to write a son...
Tracklisting
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LP
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1 What I See
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2 No More
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3 Depression
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4 Six Pack
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5 Thirsty And Miserable
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6 Police Story
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7 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
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8 Spray Paint (The Walls)
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9 Room 13
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10 Rise Above
