Dirty Projectors have unveiled a new single entitled “Jumbotron,” which finds Dave Longstreth entering his lounge-jazz era, handling piano on the tune alongside drummer Chris Bear from Grizzly Bear and upright bass player Karl McComas-Reichl, who also plays in the Jeff Parker Trio. The first new Dirty Projectors music since early 2025 features the trio alongside a sextet of LA-based saxophone and brass session players.
Regarding the song, Big Dave said: “I was thinking about the big screen and the small screen. The big tent and the kind of tent you can make in the living room with a couple couch cushions and a blanket or two. Life and entertainment; attention and volume; focus and detail; quality and value. Listen to the song!,” OK, we will.
Do so below via Longstreth’s newly minted Joyful Noise imprint Well Tempered Zealot, and check out his solo tour dates down there, as well. Longstreth will begin the run with a gig in Minneapolis on April 15.
