The Projectors kick off the run Oct. 20 at Ottobar in Baltimore and will visit clubs and theatres in the U.S. and Canada for a month before wrapping with a quartet of hometown shows at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom and Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Now a six-piece under the direction of founder Dave Longstreth, the Dirty Projectors have become the darlings of the indie and avant-pop world this year.
In addition to the release of Bitte Orca, which Paste called “a triumph in sustained creative restlessness and The Onion hailed as “a more perfect union between eccentricity and accessibility,” the band has collaborated with David Byrne and Björk.
Byrne recorded “Knotty Pine” with Dirty Projectors for the Red, Hot & Blue compilation Dark Was the Night, as well a second, unreleased track called “Ambulance Man.” The pair also performed both songs together in May at “Dark Was The Night Live” at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.
Queen of avant-garde Björk joined the Projectors on stage less than a week later for a performance of one of Longstreth’s songs at a New York City benefit for Housing Works, a non-profit which helps homeless victims of AIDS.
A new Dirty Projectors EP, Temecula Sunrise, is expected in September.