5EPS

"Although Longstreth and his crew don't pick up much steam on the overdriven portions of Ring Road's "No Studying," this newest iteration of Dirty Projectors shines like a diamond on the track's folkier portions. It's a contrast that illuminates the defining quality of late-era Dirty Projectors: When exploring sounds more common with solo acts, Longstreth conversely sounds better surrounded by collaborators who can hold their own as easily as they can blend in. 5EPs makes the case that Dirty Projectors functions best not as a party for one, but as a conversation".

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"This is some of the most straight-forward music that Dirty Projectors have ever made; some songs - particularly the gentler moments on Windows Open and Super João - could be described as simple. Even the Björk-esque, latex-warped orchestras of Earth Crisis are clean and streamlined - small nocturnal loops rather than overblown epics. In allowing others back into the fray and stripping their sound, Longstreth has once again tapped into what made the band so engrossing in the first place. 5EPs feels like a restart, a long and considered exhale".

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"Sharing themes of discovery, liminality and transition, the EPs come together with a sense of cohesiveness. The series has yielded an LP which pulls off what Dirty Projectors have been circling around since 2009's Bitte Orca: dense in concept, intricate in composition yet nimble and bright in delivery. This album is fun to listen to. The songs breeze by. It's a 20 track album which feels half the length and the Dirty Projectors are now resolutely a band, and a band reborn".

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