{"id":805608,"date":"2020-03-24T09:09:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=971877"},"modified":"2020-03-24T09:09:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:09:44","slug":"dirty-projectors-preview-new-ep-with-search-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/dirty-projectors-preview-new-ep-with-search-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirty Projectors Preview New EP With \u2018Search for Life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/images_uploads_gallery_180223_DIRTY_PROJECTORS_12_2465_FINAL_R.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dirty-projectors\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dirty-projectors\" data-tag=\"dirty-projectors\">Dirty Projectors<\/a> unveiled a tender new song \u201cSearch for Life,\u201d which will appear on a new EP, <i>Windows Open<\/i>, out this Friday, March 27th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The song boasts a simple but potent instrumental mix of acoustic guitar picking and a string arrangement (courtesy of Oliver Hill) that swings between jagged runs and grand, effortless sweeps. There are some quintessential Dirty Projectors backing harmonies as well, while guitarist Maia Friedman handles lead vocal duties, singing, \u201cShe goes to other heights\/She wades dunes, sand and lime\/In search for life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSearch for Life\u201d follows previously released <i>Windows Open<\/i> track, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/watch-dirty-projectors-wander-and-ponder-through-new-york-city-in-overlord-958122\/\">\u201cOverlord.\u201d<\/a> The EP marks the first full studio offering from Dirty Projectors\u2019 new lineup, which bandleader Dave Longstreth put together for the tour in support of the group\u2019s most recent LP, 2018\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose-is-full-of-dizzying-exhausting-prog-pop-699085\/\"><em>Lamp Lit Prose<\/em><\/a>. Friedman will provide lead vocals on all&nbsp;four <i>Windows Open<\/i> tracks, while the rest of the lineup boasts Felicia Douglass, Kristin Slipp, Nat Baldwin and Mike Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Late last year Dirty Projectors, <a href=\"https:\/\/dirtyprojectors.bandcamp.com\/album\/sing-the-melody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">released <\/a><i><a href=\"https:\/\/dirtyprojectors.bandcamp.com\/album\/sing-the-melody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sing the Melody<\/a>, <\/i>which featured live arrangements of old and new songs recorded at Power Station studios in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Windows Open<\/strong><\/em><strong> TraclList<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cOn the Breeze\u201d<br \/>2. \u201cOverlord\u201d<br \/>3. \u201cSearch for Life\u201d<br \/>4. \u201cGuarding the Baby\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dirty-projectors-search-for-life-new-ep-windows-open-971877\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirty Projectors unveiled a tender new song \u201cSearch for Life,\u201d which will appear on a new EP, Windows Open, out this Friday, March 27th. The song boasts a simple but potent instrumental mix of acoustic guitar picking and a string arrangement (courtesy of Oliver Hill) that swings between jagged runs and grand, effortless sweeps. 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