Dirty Projectors have signed to Joyful Noise Recordings and launched their new imprint, Well Tempered Zealot. To mark the release, they’ve shared a lush, jazzy song called ‘Jumbotron’, which features no guitar. David Longstreth plays the piano on the track, accompanied by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Bear on drums, and Karl McComas-Reichl (Jeff Parker Trio) on upright bass, as well as a sextet of Los Angeles-based sax and brass session players. Listen to it below.
“I was thinking about the big screen and the small screen,” Longstreth said in a statement about the new song. “The big tent and the kind of tent you can make in the living room with a couple couch cushions and a blanket or two. Life and entertainment; attention and volume; focus and detail; quality and value. Listen to the song!”
Dirty Projectors’ most recent effort was a series of EPs released in 2020. Longstreth is set to embark on a solo tour early next year, including a string of dates in the UK and Europe.
