Well, the full-length followup to 2009′s best album is imminent, as indicated by a fresh new Soundcloud upload by Domino Records. “Gun Has No Trigger” is the name of the first single from Dirty Projectors’ new LP, and rather than take a moment to digest it we’re going to point you to it ASAP so we can all consume together. Like a family. Hear it below…
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church.
So it’s still too early to say this will be the best record of the year, right?
Not around here, its not. In fact, you might be a little late. . .
I’d say Beach House’s Bloom has a healthy leg up but if any band can beat them it’s Dirty Projectors
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so boring you had to comment…
i had to before the jizz fest begins
Damnit, there is no comeback for jizz fest. You win triangle.
There is no comeback, but there may be a little splashback.
And a bit of stainage.
Sometimes you get come back from a jizz fest.
No its;
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It’s called a cumback. Too obvious?
kind of agree. hoping the other tracks surpass the single.
And I personally can’t understand who this song would not resonate deep inside anyone’s heart. Such is life, I guess. I never understood “Birthers” but that didn’t stop my peepaw from becoming one of them.
Agreed. ZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzz.
hmmmm, definitely different for them. Not sure if I like it quite as much as I want to, but Stillness is the Move was hardly my favorite track from Bitte Orca so I’ll hold off on freaking out until I hear the rest of the album.
Longstreth’s voice is an instrument within itself. The vibe kind of reminds me of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” for some reason in that it’s dark and liturgical as Sarah above hinted at. So I guess this is the spring indie jam. Or maybe just the prayer said before Amrit’s vision of a Stereogum “family” dinner.
It’s just drums and vocals right? If there is any guitar it isn’t showcased like it was on the last album. I listened to it again, I think I’m gonna regret my previous comment. You live and you learn I guess.
No guitars, but there is a bass thumping along in there. Pretty tight, yo.
The bass is definitely in the back there, and the line is amazing. I wish they emphasized it a bit more, since it was hard to notice without someone mentioning it.
Or I’m just oblivious
Really? His voice is the proverbial turd in the punchbowl for me, the dealbreaker that prevents me from loving ‘Bitte Orca’ all the way through. I love the songs where the ladies exclusively sing, like “Stillness”. Longstreth is the Edwin Collins of our day.
I couldn’t agree more. Longstreth’s allegiance to cleverness rather than consistency fucks it up. He gets too eccentric with his voice and hurts the band at times.
So we can officially start losing our shit now, right?
Lawl So Hard.
Top 10 lists are going to be interesting this year. Too much good stuff
This sounds a little bit like The Beatles and a just a touch of the Beatles cook together in a Beatles brand pot and served with Beatles cutlery and Beatles plates. With an extra side of Beatles
it’s just that highly infectious bassline… it screams paul mccartney.
Also some of the melody reminds me of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. And the ‘aah’s’ and some of the lyrics.
You both need to get out more. That Bass line has Larry Graham written all over it. And the drum beat sounds like it was ripped from an old Teddy Riley track…. And oh yeah. This song is the motherfucking shit!
I could definitely picture this on Revolver.
Beatle Orca
Orca Beatle
really enjoying the new direction this song indicates the band is (potentially) taking with this next album… that being a slightly more accessible pop sound and less edgy. can’t wait to hear the new lp.
I’ve got a feeling that I might be able to progress from really liking them to loving them if the new album follows in this vein.
Does anyone else get a Bond-theme vibe from this song? c’mon, the way he sings the title “but the gun… haaas no triggeeer!” It just needs a string section. I mean that in the best way, I’m really digging this track.
thought the same thing when i first heard it
absofreakinlutely. first thing i thought of when hearing this!
Let’s just go ahead and proclaim this the best thing in the history of the known human experience.
I heard it and thought, well there’s a Dirty Projectors track, but then I saw all the commentary and began to believe that it might actually be the voice of God unleashing the secrets of the universe.
At first I found the lyrics a bit esoteric, but then I read some Yeats, then translated the cuneiform into ancient Greek, then middle Latin, and finally German before English. Everything just kinda fell into place.
It’s pronounced YATES!
(party down anyone?)
This bores me. Is anyone up for a game of basketball?
Would you like some grapes?
how about some grape soda
I want some apple drink! It’s green!
Anybody bother to answer me how this deserves three downvotes??? Seriously people stop abusing the downvote option. Maybe visit Videogum and learn how to use it properly
I got purple drank
Wait…what?
My identity has been stolen.
Just a little Chappelle quote sharing. Nothing to feel slighted over.
Wesley…relax.
Oh WOW. Now I know what you’re talking about. I just had my identity stolen as well.
Someone has a sad, sad life, apparently.
not impressed. gonna be hard to beat out bloom..
Ethan!
river!
Ethan River Payne – Finally chose my kid’s name, thanks guys!
This is the most conventional DP song yet. Almost too conventional for me. But Angel and Cameron sound amazing!
Angel and AMBER! Whoops!
Also can’t wait until Angel Deradoorian writes the Avey Tare love song we’ve all been waiting for.
I never really liked these guys. I always felt like I should, but this changes everything. Ditty Projectors
I like the style of the song, but when Dave tries to hit those high notes it’s kind of hard on the ears…
you’re listening to it wrong
Not his forte
no no no. Dave trying to hit high notes is the best sound there is.
more traditional then I was expecting, but I like it.
at first played it on my laptop, and I thought it was ok. then I played it on my speakers, and heard the baselie, and realized that it’s pretty amazing
*baseline
*bassline
ah shit. couldn’t even correct that one right.
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still using “fail” in that tired, annoying, internet meme noun way, huh? do you say other played out lame shit like “i can tell you, but i’d have to kill you?” that would be an “epic failure.”
I really enjoy this! Someone get Dave a beer, he earned it
I like it, but I’m not immediately in love. That being said, I can’t wait to hear how it sounds as part of an album.
Sounds like a commination of The Glad Fact and Bitte Orca styles, I like it
So I’m a little late but I saw this on Friday and remembered how much I hated Bitte Orca back in ’09 but for some reason I felt compelled to give it another chance last night and… damn. It’s like the stars aligned or something. What.
Yeah, it’s not exactly in the same class but that happened to me with Ice Cube’s ‘Lethal Injection’. I spent months thinking “What the fuck happened to this guy?”, stuck it on one day and loved it.
As a postscript, I’m now fairly ambivalent towards it so you know, don’t start buying any Projectors posters or anything just yet.
Just getting to this now. HOLY FUCK. The vocal production is amazing. Goddamnit this is good. I haven’t triple-repeat-listened to a track in ages. Feels good, man. Check out the vocal tone shift at 1:10-1:20 to build up to the chorus. So much fucking wood right now.
i just dirtied up my projector listening to this. by “dirtied up”, i mean spilled some brogurt.
For me they have the most affecting vocals in music right now. I feel like Dirty Projectors are this warped soul/gospel band at heart.
Psyched. Love their harmonies.
a few weeks back i thought maybe i should give the big 3 from ’09 (mpp, veckatimest, bitte orca) a fifth or sixth chance
i still don’t get any of ‘em. and i really don’t get this.
I with you, man. All the hype of Bitte Orca made me bite (derp), but I just really couldn’t get into it. Frankly, I found the music really annoying and grating. I do kind of dig the chicks in the band though.
Furthermore, I met Dave Longstreth after a TVOTR show (Dirty Projectors opened for them) and he was a huge dick cheeseburger. I’m not supporting that asshole anymore.
I forgot to mention that I loved MPP and Veckatimest though. I just really loathed Bitte Orca. To each his own.
mpp was the WORST.
Rob Zombie was way cooler than this shit.
I feel Lost in the Trees with this song. I need to find a Church that Fits our Needs that’s available now.
Save it for when incorporating bands into comments actually applies..?
Sounds like a plan.
Great track. Can’t wait for the entire album.
Was anyone else having trouble following those lyrics?
This is like if Talking Heads did a James Bond theme.
Not Beatles for me because of the odd intervals in the melody, but very much like late-90s/early-00s Elvis Costello. Which was actually pretty Beatlish, if I’m honest. The bass is similar to a Bruce Thomas line or six.
This group continues to be the most overrated, obnoxious band in the history of blogdom.
Kim Zolciak is more pleasurable.