David Longstreth, the visionary behind the art-rock enterprise Dirty Projectors, has returned with a personal – and rivetingly disruptive – eponymous album. Shaped by avant ‘n’ B and trap, it reviews his break-up with lover and bandmate Amber Coffman.
There’s a precedent in R&B for startling break-up albums – Marvin Gaye’s Here, My Dear rendering a divorce settlement as art. Longstreth’s could…
