Blog: Beats Per Minute

"Dance for You" is the second glimpse we are given of Dirty Projectors' forthcoming LP, Swing Lo Magellan . The lighthearted tune sits in the center of the album, and is in exemplary DP form (kind of an oxymoron). "I ran across cyanide plains/ Mind like a prison cell, but feet untethered and sane," Longstreth croons into a syncopated shuffle. There seems to be a developing theme with exploration and geography, emphasized by the album's namesake. His delivery, while both cryptic and subdued, is adorned with an uplifting undertone; think of a wanderer to whom getting lost is not [...]