5EPs
5EPs is a collection of EPs released by Dirty Projectors in 2020. Each EP features a different band member on lead vocals - Maia, Felicia, Kristin & Dave – with everyone trading verses on the fifth and final installment.
Indie vet Dave Longstreth’s new backing band has strengths aplenty, but sometimes, he gets in their way.
Dirty Projectors have chosen to do both; the group issued a series of five EPs in the second half of 2020 (Windows Open, Flight Tower, Earth Crisis, Super João, and Ring Road), and the album 5EPS collects them into one grand-scale, 20-song package.
While Dirty Projectors have always essentially been the Dave Longstreth show, it's no secret that it was the project's female members who ca...
The collection is a satisfying showcase for the group’s range while making plain their core appeal with refreshing directness.