July week 1.

Sadly I have to leave music for 3 days this week for a hike in Virgina. Luckly I will have a steady stream of Fol Chen and Dirty Projectors streaming in my head. I've been listening to way too much of both Fol Chen's album Part 1: "John Shade, Your Fortune's Made" and Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca.

The only other post I have about Dirty Projectors involves David Bryne's cleverly worded song about a peice of 2x4. This album, sound wise, is quite similar, but lyrically quite different. In the song Useful Chambers male vocalist and band leader David Longstreth, sings "bitte bitte orca bitte" a varation of the album title. Apparently the album is also named Bitte Orca simply because the band like's how it sounds.

Though I am a lyric hound. I actually love that snippet. The sound it creates is almost addictive and quite fun to sing along to, which is part of my attraction to songs. The band's lyrical sound is one of my favorites and the male singer's (David Longstreth) vocal choices almost match Chris Keating, lead singer of Yeasayer.

The last thing I like about these two bands is that they have several vocalists. On each track it seems someone else gets a chance to sing. My favorite songs off of Fol Chen's album includes 3 different lead singers. No Wedding Cake is the vocal genius of Samuel Bing, Cable TV is the seductive tone of Melissa Thorne, and The Idiot is sung by another member I cannot name at the moment because my internet hates me. The same goes with Dirty Projectors.