Dirty on Purpose Release New EP
Brooklyn Indie Rockers Follow "Hallelujah Sirens" with "Like Bees"
Brooklyn based indie-rock/shoegaze group Dirty on Purpose release their new EP "Like Bees," alongside a free single at RCRD LBL and new video, "Audience in the Room"
Dirty On Purpose released their new EP Like Bees on January 15 through North Street Records. Bonus tracks are also available for those who buy the album using digital download.
Alongside the release of the EP is the video for "Audience in the Room," which was debuted on Pitchfork, who praised the group's "roiling guitar distortion, driven home by tomahawking drum fills, though such brute force is complemented with acoustic guitar and Marvin's honeyed, understated vocal."
Recently, the Brooklyn group also released a free single Dead Volcanoes through the online label RCRD LBL.
The 5-track EP Like Bees finds Dirty on Purpose at a crossroads. 2 years after the success of the Hallelujah Sirens LP, Dirty on Purpose have pieced together tracks representative of their journey thus far.
"Audience in the Room" was written before the group came together, but focuses on the intensity of performing on stage--pressures that grow as Dirty on Purpose gain more fan-ship. In this way the track is transcendental, reaching out from the band's humble birth and connecting it to the present day.
The Real Life cover of "Send Me an Angel," besides achieving respectable brilliance, represents the band's diverse influences. Dirty on Purpose have been expertly combining indie-pop melodies with shoegaze glitz since their Sleep Late For A Better Tomorrow EP in 2004. Like Bees is no different, and "Send Me an Angel" is but one hint at the type of music Dirty on Purpose uses as a foundation to build their sonic collages. MTV said of "Send Me an Angel," "Brooklyn, New York, shoegazers Dirty on Purpose chalk up a cover of Real Life's "Send Me an Angel" from for their new EP, Like Bees. Doesn't get any gnarlier than that."
The Brooklyn group's shoegaze roots finally unveil themselves in full glory within "Airshow Disaster" -- which falls short of the masterpiece that was "Monument" from Hallelujah Sirens -- but none the less is one of the best shimmering guitar tracks this side of Loveless. This is where Dirty on Purpose's future lies, within the cataclysmic climaxes of post-rock sensibilities. Many groups are fighting for the perfect balance of shoegaze and pop (Fields, Silversun Pickups, Ghostwood, Film School, etc.) but Dirty on Purpose has the best shot at finding the right mix. Like Bees is one step closer, despite its shorter length.
Like Bees has already earned a fair amount of press coverage, as well. AOL Spinner said, "This indie-pop Brooklyn outfit get everyone dancing with their latest album." Chromewaves spoke favorably of the EP as well, writing, "As good as their debut Hallelujah Sirens was, Like Bees does a better job of crystallizing what's great about the band, namely the way they balance their noisier inclinations with their innate pop sense. It's something many attempt, some do well but few do really well."
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