Lamp Lit Prose

Lamp Lit Prose
Studio album by Dirty Projectors
Released July 13, 2018
Genre
Length 37:20
Label Domino
Producer David Longstreth
Dirty Projectors chronology
Dirty Projectors
(2017)Dirty Projectors2017		 Lamp Lit Prose
(2018)
Singles from Lamp Lit Prose
  1. "Break-Thru"
    Released: May 2, 2018[1]
  2. "That's a Lifestyle"
    Released: June 14, 2018
  3. "I Feel Energy"
    Released: July 12, 2018

Lamp Lit Prose is the eighth studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, and was released on Domino Records on July 13, 2018.[1]

Production

The album was produced by David Longstreth at his Los Angeles studio.[2]

Release

The band is supporting the album with a tour, begun in May 2018 with significant personnel changes.[3]

They released the first single off the album, "Break-Thru", on May 2 along with a music video.[4][5] In Spin, Andy Cush described the single as sounding "more immediately Dirty Projectors-ish than anything on the self-titled album" released in 2017.[2]

On June 14, they released a second single, "That's a Lifestyle", with an animated music video by Kitty Faingold.[6] In Stereogum, Chris DeVille also contrasted this single with the tenor of Dirty Projectors, saying "That's A Lifestyle" echoed earlier albums "Bitte Orca and Swing Lo Magellan, the pop-minded prog exercises that transformed Dirty Projectors from underground oddities to full-fledged indie rock stars. It’s a magnificently pretty guitar tapestry that never lets its complexity smother the pop appeal."[7]

On July 12, the day before they released the album, they released their third single, "I Feel Energy."

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
The A.V. ClubB+[10]
Entertainment WeeklyB[11]
The Guardian[12]
The Independent[13]
Mojo[14]
NME[15]
Pitchfork7.4/10[16]
Rolling Stone[17]
Uncut8/10[18]

At Rolling Stone, Will Hermes called the album "a flood of ideas and magnificent vocal arrangements" which he found "by turns dazzling and exhausting."[17] Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork praised the album's "more hopeful, chipper kind of songwriting."[19]

Track listing

All tracks written by David Longstreth, except "(I Wanna) Feel It All" by Longstreth, Nat Baldwin and Mike Daniel Johnson.

No.TitleLength
1."Right Now" (featuring Syd)4:30
2."Break-Thru"3:47
3."That's a Lifestyle" (featuring Haim)4:23
4."I Feel Energy" (featuring Amber Mark)4:36
5."Zombie Conqueror" (featuring Empress Of)3:45
6."Blue Bird"3:49
7."I Found It in U"3:27
8."What Is the Time"3:15
9."You're the One" (featuring Robin Pecknold and Rostam)2:18
10."(I Wanna) Feel It All" (featuring Dear Nora)4:22

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 122

References

  1. 1 2 Kaye, Ben (May 2, 2018). "Dirty Projectors announce Lamp Lit Prose". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Cush, Andy (2018-05-02). "Dirty Projectors Announce New Album 'Lamp Lit Prose'". Spin. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. ↑ Rettig, James (2018-04-18). "New Dirty Projectors Release Lamp Lit Prose Revealed By Shazam". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  4. ↑ Sodowsky, Sam; Monroe, Jazz (May 2, 2018). "Dirty Projectors Enlist Haim, Robin Pecknold, More for New Album, Share Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  5. ↑ Patterson, Adreon (May 2, 2018). "Dirty Projectors Announce New Album Lamp Lit Prose, Release Peppy New Single "Break-Thru"". Paste.
  6. ↑ Blais-Billie, Braudie (June 14, 2018). "Listen to Dirty Projectors' New Song "That's a Lifestyle"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  7. ↑ DeVille, Chris (2018-06-14). "Dirty Projectors – "That's A Lifestyle" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  8. ↑ "Lamp Lit Prose by Dirty Projectors". Metacritic. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  9. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Lamp Lit Prose – Dirty Projectors". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ Adams, Erik (July 13, 2018). "Dirty Projectors, Lamp Lit Prose". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ Feldberg, Isaac (July 11, 2018). "Dirty Projectors rediscover romance on Lamp Lit Prose". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  12. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (July 12, 2018). "Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose review – lovedrunk swoons from hip-pop heroes". The Guardian. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  13. ↑ Shepherd, Jack (July 12, 2018). "Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose, album review: a unique indie record". The Independent. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  14. ↑ Doyle, Tom (August 2018). "Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose". Mojo (297): 91.
  15. ↑ Smith, Thomas (July 13, 2018). "Dirty Projectors – 'Lamp Lit Prose' review". NME. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  16. ↑ Monroe, Jazz (July 16, 2018). "Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose Album Review". Pitchfork.
  17. 1 2 Hermes, Will (July 13, 2018). "Review: Dirty Projectors' 'Lamp Lit Prose' Is Full of Dizzying, Exhausting Prog-Pop". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose". Uncut (255): 29. August 2018.
  19. ↑ Monroe, Jazz (2018-07-16). "Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  20. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
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