City of No Reply
Amber Coffman is best known as a singer and guitarist for the genre-bending Dirty Projectors. Co-produced by head Projector Dave Longstreth, *City of No Reply* proves Coffman a dynamic songwriter in her own right, from the off-kilter girl-group shoop of “No Coffee” to the dusky, Caribbean inflections of the title track. “There’s a voice inside of me/And it’s time to listen,” Coffman sings amid the ‘50s-ish lilt of “All to Myself.” Time to let it out, too.
On her debut album, Coffman leaves behind the indie-prog of the Dirty Projectors for sunny kaleidoscopic pop that reveals how love and loss are tied inextricably to the music of our youth.
On her debut album, Coffman leaves behind the indie-prog of the Dirty Projectors for sunny kaleidoscopic pop that reveals how love and loss are tied inextricably to the music of our youth.
For years Amber Coffman was an important component in Dirty Projectors, and it shows on her solo debut.
For years Amber Coffman was an important component in Dirty Projectors, and it shows on her solo debut.