Lamp Lit Prose

Pitchfork 7.4/10 Dave Longstreth is on a madcap quest for personal and political salvation on his latest album, reviving a more hopeful, chipper kind of songwriting of his past.

A.V. Club B Dirty Projectors’ Lamp Lit Prose calls to mind the band’s late-’00s peak, while Deafheaven reach higher on album No. 4, and Lotic softens their approach on debut Power. These, plus Pram’s first album in 11 years in this week’s notable new releases.

The Line of Best Fit 6/10 There are ideas aplenty on Dirty Projectors' latest, but they fail to fully cohere

NME 4/5 Love triumphs on the band's most intriguing and joyous album since 2009's breakthrough 'Bitte Orca'

Rolling Stone 2.5/5 David Longstreeth and a crew of guest stars create deeply felt abstractions steeped in classic influences

DIY 4/5 Buoyant and witty, and notably shy of meandering eight-minute odysseys.

The Independent 4/5 Download: I Feel Energy, Right Now, Break-Thru

The Skinny 5/5 David Longstreth's Dirty Projectors return with a terrifically upbeat album full of hopeful lyrics and bold, brassy arrangements.

Under The Radar 7.0/10 Taking a new Dirty Projectors record for a spin is always a qualified step into uncertainty. The basics will feel the same but that's about it.

Clash 8/10 Gorgeously eccentric and cogently mismatched, Dirty Projectors’ eighth album ‘Lamp Lit Prose’ is an achievement in glitch-pop. Decades

The Observer 3/5 (Domino)

Loud and Quiet 7/10 Dave Longstreth has got a new band and a new perspective on Dirty Projectors' ninth album 'Lamp Lit Prose' - an LP with brains, angles and layers.

Pop Matters 6/10 Pop music should not be this hard.

The Guardian 4/5 This polar opposite of Dave Longstreth’s previous break-up howl, this album is impossible to resist

Spectrum Culture 80% Dirty Projectors are back with Lamp Lit Prose, an album that feels like the purposeful antithesis of its predecessor.