The Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors
Dirty Projectors in 2009
Background information
Origin	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres	Indie rock post-punk revival contemporary R&B alternative R&B electronica art rock
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Domino Dead Oceans Marriage Records Western Vinyl States Rights Records
Website	Dirtyprojectors.net
Members	Nat Baldwin Felicia Douglass Maia Friedman David Longstreth Mike Daniel Johnson Kristin Slipp
Past members	Rostam Batmanglij Olga Bell Tyondai Braxton Anneli Chambliss Emily Cheeger Amber Coffman Haley Louise Dekle Angel Deradoorian Teresa Eggers Alex Farrill Adam Forkner Larkin Grimm Clarice Jensen Spencer Kingman Ezra Koenig Jake Longstreth Charlie Looker Steve Marion Brian McOmber Sharon Nakhimovsky Francisco Javier Paredes Jessica Pavone Mauro Refosco Yasemin Schatz Nadia Sirota Susanna Waiche Jenn Wasner

Dirty Projectors is an American indie rock band, fronted by David Longstreth, that has released eight full-length albums. The band has had numerous lineup changes since its foundation in 2002, with major contributions from guitarist/vocalist Amber Coffman from 2007 to 2013.

While studying at Yale, Longstreth spent part of the years 2001 and 2002 working on a number of musical ideas, together with his brother Jake. This resulted in the album, The Graceful Fallen Mango, that was released in 2002 under his own name and introduced his distinctive use of song arrangements and his combination of lo-fi and hi-fi production. With the help of Adam Forkner of Yume Bitsu, Longstreth recorded and released The Glad Fact on the Western Vinyl label under the name "The Dirty Projectors" in 2003. Two years later, the band released The Getty Address, a concept album about the musician Don Henley that features extensive orchestral and choral accompaniment. The stripped-down New Attitude EP followed in 2006 and featured inklings of the band's later vocal interplay and guitar work.

In 2007, the band released Rise Above, an album of Black Flag songs as re-imagined from memory. The album introduced the band's distinctive contrast between Longstreth's vocals and the hocketed harmonies of Amber Coffman and Susanna Waiche, who was later replaced by Angel Deradoorian. In support of the album, the band performed songs for a Take Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon.