''About to Die'' is an
extended play studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by American
experimental rock group
Dirty Projectors, released digitally and on vinyl on November 6, 2012.
[Minsker, Evan]
Dirty Projectors Share "About to Die" Video, Announce New EP With New Tracks
Pitchfork Media. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
Recording
The album's first track, "About to Die", is taken from Dirty Projectors' 2012 release ''
Swing Lo Magellan''. Another track, "While You're Here", was written by Dave Longstreth following
TV on the Radio bassist
Gerard Smith's death in 2011.
[Battan, Carrie]
Listen to Dirty Projectors' Tribute to Late TV on the Radio Member Gerard Smith: "While You're Here"
Pitchfork Media. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.[Longstreth, Dave]
Tweet
Twitter. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
Reception
''About to Die'' received general acclaim from music critics. At
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
average score of 74, based on 5 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".
[Critic Reviews for About to Die]
Metacritic. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
Consequence of Sound's Adam Kivel commented that ''About to Die'' "offers a bite-sized take of the entirety of ''Swing Lo Magellan''", adding that it "doesn’t outshine its older sibling, but it certainly acts as a logical and warm companion."
[ Pitchfork Media's Mike Powell called ''About to Die'' a "refreshingly basic album" and "a cherry on a cupcake"][ for Dirty Projectors.
]
Track listing
References
External links
Domino Records' page on ''About to Die''
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2012 EPs
Domino Recording Company EPs
Dirty Projectors albums