Mount Wittenberg Orca
Mount Wittenberg Orca is an EP by American indie rock band Dirty Projectors and Icelandic singer and songwriter Björk, released on June 30, 2010, in digital-only format and on CD and vinyl by Domino Records on 24 October 2011. News of the album was announced on Björk's official website on 26 June 2010, four days before its release. The vocals are dominant on all the tracks, which form an experimental and pop continuum. Background and composition The genesis of what would become Mount Wittenberg Orca began in 2008, when Stereogum created a tribute album for Björk's 1995 studio album, Post, entitled Enjoyed: A Tribute to Björk's Post New York indie band Dirty Projectors covered the song "Hyperballad" and wrote of their love of the Icelandic singer: "She writes these classic melodies but breaks them apart so that it’s sort of up to you as the listener to put them back together. The song ends up meaning so much more because of the effort you have to give to it." On March 26, 2009, Brandon Stosuy of Stereogum announced that Björk and Dirty Projectors were joining forces for a one-time benefit show at Housing Works Bookstore & Café in Manhattan. All