US band Dirty Projectors has issued Jumbotron alongside a partnership with Joyful Noise and David Longstreth’s new imprint, Well-Tempered Zealot. Longstreth will also perform solo across North America and Europe in 2027. The release follows the group’s five short records in 2020 and his later large-ensemble work Song of the Earth.
US band Dirty Projectors has released Jumbotron as it joins Joyful Noise and establishes Well-Tempered Zealot, an imprint led by David Longstreth. Longstreth’s explanation of the song moves between large and small screens, and between a large tent and a shelter made at home with cushions and blankets. He links those images to attention, loudness, detail and value. The song accompanies the announcement of the new label relationship.[1], [2]
Longstreth will perform solo in North America and Europe in 2027. The route opens on April 2 at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States. Selected April shows will feature support from musician Otto Benson. The tour reaches the US west coast in May and moves to Europe in June, including London’s Kings Place, Paris’s Café de la Danse and Berlin’s Lido.[1]
Dirty Projectors last released a full-length album with Lamp Lit Prose in 2018. The group followed it with five EPs in 2020, among them Flight Tower. Longstreth subsequently wrote Song of the Earth on commission for a large ensemble, with a digital release in 2025.[1]
