Video: Dirty Projectors - "Hi Custodian" (A Film by David Longstreth)

Dirty Projectors’ frontman David Longstreth puts on his takes writing and directing hats in the band’s latest creative project, a short film entitled Hi Custodian. The piece has been in the works for quite some time so it’s great to finally see a finished product.  Longstreth describes the themes of the film as being “made out of a dream” and it of course features tunes from the Dirty Projectors, including alternative mixes and unreleased jams from the Swing Lo Magellan sessions. The whole thing clocks in at about 20 minutes and is pretty out there but nothing unexpected to those who follow the band, check it out below…..

Written & Directed by David Longstreth
All Music by David Longstreth
Performed by Dirty Projectors

Listen: The Dirty Projectors - "Swing Lo Magellan" (Full LP Stream)

It’s been three year’s since Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors‘ critically acclaimed breakout album Bitte Orca was released into the wild. Swing Lo Magellan (out July 10th) acts as the follow up and is the bands 8th proper studio album overall .  Magellan is definitely the bands most accessible album to date, the harmonizing is all still intact but the pop has been turned up a little bit to balance out some of David Longstreth’s more eclectic tendencies. Take a listen to the full album stream below….