:Lamp Lit Prose

The album was produced by David Longstreth at his Los Angeles studio.{{Cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/05/dirty-projectors-new-album-lamp-lit-prose-break-thru/|title=Dirty Projectors Announce New Album 'Lamp Lit Prose'|last=Cush|first=Andy|date=2018-05-02|work=Spin|access-date=2018-06-29}}

The band supported the album with a tour, which began in May 2018 with significant personnel changes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1992005/new-dirty-projectors-release-lamp-lit-prose-revealed-by-shazam/news/|title=New Dirty Projectors Release Lamp Lit Prose Revealed By Shazam|last=Rettig|first=James|date=2018-04-18|work=Stereogum|access-date=2018-06-30}}

They released the first single off the album, "Break-Thru", on May 2 along with a music video.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/dirty-projectors-enlist-haim-robin-pecknold-more-for-new-album-share-song-listen/|title=Dirty Projectors Enlist Haim, Robin Pecknold, More for New Album, Share Song: Listen|last1=Sodowsky|first1=Sam|last2=Monroe|first2=Jazz|date=May 2, 2018|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2018-06-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/05/dirty-projectors-release-new-peppy-single-break-th.html|title=Dirty Projectors Announce New Album Lamp Lit Prose, Release Peppy New Single "Break-Thru"|last=Patterson|first=Adreon|date=May 2, 2018|website=Paste}} In Spin, Andy Cush described the single as sounding "more immediately Dirty Projectors-ish than anything on the self-titled album" released in 2017.

On June 14, they released a second single, "That's a Lifestyle", with an animated music video by Kitty Faingold.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/listen-to-dirty-projectors-new-song-thats-a-lifestyle/|title=Listen to Dirty Projectors' New Song "That's a Lifestyle"|last=Blais-Billie|first=Braudie|date=June 14, 2018|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2018-06-30}} In Stereogum, Chris DeVille also contrasted this single with the tenor of Dirty Projectors, saying "That's A Lifestyle" echoed earlier albums "Bitte Orca and Swing Lo Magellan, the pop-minded prog exercises that transformed Dirty Projectors from underground oddities to full-fledged indie rock stars. It's a magnificently pretty guitar tapestry that never lets its complexity smother the pop appeal."{{Cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2001352/dirty-projectors-thats-a-lifestyle-video/video/|title=Dirty Projectors – "That's A Lifestyle" Video|last=DeVille|first=Chris|date=2018-06-14|work=Stereogum|access-date=2018-06-30}}

On July 12, the day before the album's release, the band released their third single, "I Feel Energy".{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/07/dirty-projectors-i-feel-energy-amber-mark-stream/|title=Dirty Projectors – "I Feel Energy (feat. Amber Mark)"|last=Daramola|first=Israel|date=July 12, 2018|website=Spin|access-date=2018-12-08}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.3/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9442/Dirty-Projectors-Lamp-Lit-Prose.aspx|title=Lamp Lit Prose by Dirty Projectors reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=September 14, 2019}}

| MC = 77/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/lamp-lit-prose/dirty-projectors|title=Lamp Lit Prose by Dirty Projectors Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=September 2, 2020}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lamp-lit-prose-mw0003175316|title=Lamp Lit Prose – Dirty Projectors|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = B+{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Erik|url=https://www.avclub.com/dirty-projectors-deafheaven-and-more-albums-to-know-a-1827491366|title=Dirty Projectors, Lamp Lit Prose|work=The A.V. Club|date=July 13, 2018|access-date=July 14, 2018}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B{{cite magazine|last=Feldberg|first=Isaac|url=http://ew.com/music/2018/07/11/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose-ew-review/|title=Dirty Projectors rediscover romance on Lamp Lit Prose|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=July 14, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714081424/http://ew.com/music/2018/07/11/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose-ew-review/|archivedate=July 14, 2018}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Beaumont-Thomas|first=Ben|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/12/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose-review|title=Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose review – lovedrunk swoons from hip-pop heroes|work=The Guardian|date=July 12, 2018|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Jack|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose-album-review-david-longstreth-a8440876.html|title=Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose, album review: a unique indie record|work=The Independent|date=July 12, 2018|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}

| rev6 = Mojo

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|last=Doyle|first=Tom|title=Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose|journal=Mojo|issue=297|date=August 2018|page=91}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Thomas|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose-review-2353271|title=Dirty Projectors – 'Lamp Lit Prose' review|work=NME|date=July 13, 2018|accessdate=December 18, 2019}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 7.4/10{{cite web|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose/|title=Dirty Projectors: Lamp Lit Prose|work=Pitchfork|date=July 16, 2018|accessdate=July 16, 2018}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Hermes|first=Will|author-link=Will Hermes|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose-is-full-of-dizzying-exhausting-prog-pop-699085/|title=Review: Dirty Projectors' 'Lamp Lit Prose' Is Full of Dizzying, Exhausting Prog-Pop|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 13, 2018|access-date=July 13, 2018}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = 8/10{{cite journal|last=Troussé|first=Stephen|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose|title=Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose|journal=Uncut|date=July 26, 2018|accessdate=March 28, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726220114/https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/dirty-projectors-lamp-lit-prose|archivedate=July 26, 2018}}

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 27 reviews.

At Rolling Stone, Will Hermes called the album "a flood of ideas and magnificent vocal arrangements" which he found "by turns dazzling and exhausting." Jazz Monroe of Pitchfork praised the album's "more hopeful, chipper kind of songwriting."

{{Track listing

| all_writing = David Longstreth, except "(I Wanna) Feel It All" by Longstreth, Nat Baldwin and Mike Johnson

| title1 = Right Now

| note1 = featuring Syd

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = Break-Thru

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = That's a Lifestyle

| note3 = featuring Haim

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = I Feel Energy

| note4 = featuring Amber Mark

| length4 = 4:37

| title5 = Zombie Conqueror

| note5 = featuring Empress Of

| length5 = 3:45

| title6 = Blue Bird

| length6 = 3:49

| title7 = Found It in U

| length7 = 3:27

| title8 = What Is the Time

| length8 = 3:14

| title9 = You're the One

| note9 = featuring Robin Pecknold and Rostam

| length9 = 2:18

| title10 = (I Wanna) Feel It All

| note10 = featuring Dear Nora

| length10 = 4:21

| total_length = 37:19

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Bonus tracks{{cite web|url=http://hostess.co.jp/releases/2018/07/HSE-1314.html|title=Lamp Lit Prose|work=Hostess Entertainment Unlimited|accessdate=September 21, 2020|language=ja}}

| total_length = 45:15

| title11 = What Is the Time

| note11 = Early Orchestration

| length11 = 1:23

| title12 = You're the One

| note12 = Early Orchestration

| length12 = 2:19

| title13 = That's a Lifestyle

| note13 = Early Instrumental

| length13 = 4:14

}}

;Musicians

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• David Longstreth – acoustic guitar {{small|(1, 3, 5, 8–10)}}, 12-string guitar {{small|(1, 3, 5, 8, 10)}}, electric guitar {{small|(1, 3, 5, 8, 10)}}, Juno {{small|(1)}}, Rhodes {{small|(1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)}}, vocals {{small|(all)}}, piano {{small|(1, 8, 10)}}, drums {{small|(1)}}, drum production {{small|(1–4, 6–8, 10)}}, guitars {{small|(2, 4, 6, 7)}}, Wurlitzer {{small|(2, 4, 6, 8, 10)}}, string arrangement {{small|(2, 4, 6, 8, 10)}}, bass {{small|(2–8)}}, horn arrangement {{small|(4, 6, 8, 10)}}, organ {{small|(7)}}
• Syd – vocals {{small|(1)}}
• Lorely Rodriguez (Empress Of) – additional vocals {{small|(1)}}, vocals {{small|(5)}}
• Teresa Eggers – additional vocals {{small|(1, 4)}}
• Mauro Refosco – surdo {{small|(1)}}, percussion {{small|(1, 3, 4, 6, 8)}}
• Tyondai Braxton – modular processing {{small|(1, 8)}}
• Todd Simon – trumpet {{small|(1, 4, 6, 8, 10)}}, cornet {{small|(4, 10)}}, flugelhorn {{small|(4, 8, 10)}}, French horn {{small|(8, 10)}}, euphonium {{small|(10)}}
• Tracy Wannomae – tenor saxophone {{small|(1, 6, 8, 10)}}, baritone saxophone {{small|(1, 6, 8, 10)}}, bass clarinet {{small|(6)}}, recorder {{small|(6, 10)}}, alto saxophone {{small|(10)}}
• Mike Johnson – drums {{small|(2–8, 10)}}
• Benjamin Jacobson – violin {{small|(2, 8, 10)}}
• Andrew Bulbrook – violin {{small|(2, 8, 10)}}
• Jonathan Moerschel – viola {{small|(2, 8, 10)}}
• Eric Byers – cello {{small|(2, 8)}}
• Danielle Haim – vocals {{small|(3)}}
• Alana Haim – vocals {{small|(3)}}
• Este Haim – vocals {{small|(3)}}
• Amber Mark – vocals {{small|(4)}}
• Juliane Graf – trombone {{small|(4, 6, 8, 10)}}, bass trombone {{small|(4, 6, 8, 10)}}, tuba {{small|(8)}}
• Björk – higurashi recording {{small|(4)}}
• Daniel Luna – güira {{small|(8)}}
• Francisco Javier Paredes – bongos {{small|(8)}}
• Nat Baldwin – bass {{small|(9, 10)}}
• Robin Pecknold – vocals {{small|(9)}}
• Rostam Batmanglij – vocals {{small|(9)}}
• Katy Davidson (Dear Nora) – vocals {{small|(10)}}

{{div col end}}

;Technical

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• David Longstreth – mixing {{small|(except 2)}}
• Manny Marroquin – mixing {{small|(2)}}
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Sonny DiPerri – drum engineering {{small|(1, 2, 8)}}, percussion engineering {{small|(1, 4, 8)}}, guitar engineering {{small|(1)}}
• David Tolomei – drum engineering {{small|(3–7, 10)}}, string engineering {{small|(2, 4, 10)}}, horn engineering {{small|(1, 4, 6, 8, 10)}}, percussion engineering {{small|(6)}}, piano engineering {{small|(10)}}
• Miro Mackie – vocal engineering {{small|(1, 3–10)}}, piano engineering {{small|(1)}}, guitar engineering {{small|(9, 10)}}
• Ryan Tuttle – guitar, Wurlitzer and Rhodes engineering {{small|(2, 8)}}, piano engineering {{small|(8)}}
• Robby Moncrieff – guitar engineering {{small|(3–7)}}, Rhodes and Wurlitzer engineering {{small|(4, 10)}}, bass and organ engineering {{small|(7)}}, additional engineering {{small|(10)}}
• Nikolaj Nielsen – Robin Pecknold's vocal engineering {{small|(9)}}
• Logan Patrick – Rostam Batmanglij's vocal engineering {{small|(9)}}

{{div col end}}

;Artwork

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• David Longstreth – art direction
• Joe Cariati – glass sculptures
• Jason Frank Rothenberg – photography
• Kelsey Fugere – prop styling
• Teresa Eggers – prop styling
• Rob Carmichael (Seen) – design

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