Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors began as Dave Longstreth's home-recording project and grew into a band whose records each set themselves a distinct problem. Rise Above reworked Black Flag's Damaged from memory, and the Björk collaboration Mount Wittenberg Orca was written around a pod of whales. Bitte Orca brought the group its widest audience, helped by "Stillness Is the Move," which Solange later covered.

The self-titled 2017 album was close to a Longstreth solo record, built from chopped vocals and R&B production. Lamp Lit Prose and the 5EPs series followed, the latter splitting songwriting and lead vocals among the members. Outside the band, Longstreth co-wrote "FourFiveSeconds" for Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney.