Dave Longstreth’s Dirty Projectors are the closest we’ll get to a 21st century equivalent to Talking Heads, so it’s not surprising to learn that the band members have been collaborating with David Byrne during their brief between-album hiatus. Dirty Projectors have also signed a deal with Domino Records and will release their first album for the label, titled Bitte Orca, on June 9.

Preceding the album’s release will be a single, “Stillness is the Move,” which will be released on 12-inch single and download on April 21. The band also has a brief tour coming up, which includes a number of dates at the annual SXSW festival, and is already proposing a quickie follow up to Bitte Orca, which is likely to be released on Dirty Projectors’ former label, Dead Oceans. [Pitchfork]

Bitte Orca track list:

01 Cannibal Resource
02 Temecula Sunrise
03 The Bride
04 Stillness Is the Move
05 Two Doves
06 Useful Chamber
07 No Intention
08 Remade Horizon
09 Fluorescent Half Dome

Tour Dates:

02.27 Bennington, VT: Bennington College Student Center
02.28 Haverford, PA: Lunt Basement
03-06 Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center
03.07 Grinnell, IA: Grinnell College Gardner Lounge
03.19 Austin, TX: The Parish
03.19 Austin, TX: Emo's Annex
03.20 Austin, TX: Emo's Jr.
03.21 Austin, TX: SXSW TBA

Photo Credit: Nina Mouritzen