Brooklynites, Dirty Projectors 7th and best album came out last year, and with the backing of Domino records matched the big label support with an ambitious forward looking pop masterpiece. Experimental pop songwriting, remenisent of Joni, Prince, Scritti, Kate Bush, Associates and Bjork without being overly retro (it's that good), this album stands alongside modern wares from A. Collective, V. Weekend and The Books, not to mention rhythms cribbed from modern R&B. Unafraid of overreached romantic vocals, orchestra, keyboards, choral backing, sentimentality or pretention (I am a big supporter of pretention in pop) and including great moments such as one of the three best singles of 09 in Stillness Is The Move and the mid 80's Prince drum fills on Florescent Half Dome.
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