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Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca
Western Vinyl
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Links: http://westernvinyl.com/artists/dirty_projectors.html

Whether you like it or not, The Dirty Projectors will blow your mind, and Bitte Orca is the bomb. When you pop this album in and press the button, you get nothing but a sound explosion of color and electronic lotus flowers screaming from your eyeballs.

At first you are not quite sure what the hell is going on. Does this album contain some of the best songs The Flaming Lips never wrote or is this just a mash-up of so many styles, your brain is tricked into the illusion that you are on to something greater than the human mind can perceive? That is something that may be contemplated for some time to come.

With seven people in this band, you better believe each member is ready to mess with your perception of reality, whether it’s the vocal clusterfuck on “Cannibal Resource” that sounds like a cut and splice job that produces the effect of a  glitched-out freak out from too much Peter Gabriel and Skittles.

It’s these vocal prowess and harmonies, sounding like the Andrew Sisters hung out with Les Baxter, that serve as the glue to these songs and makes Bitte Orca the essence that defines unique.

With Bitte Orca, the band knows not to stray too far and in songs like “The Bride” and “No Intention” they maintain the basic elements to keep a familiarity and identity to their musical environment.

What it comes down to is that Bitte Orca is unique and uniquely fresh. Sound visions of the Far East, constructed sunshine symphonies, and breezy afternoons on another planet: this is pop music for the 21st Century.

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