After two weeks of listening to this album, I still don’t know what the hell “Bitte Orca” means, and the Internet doesn’t know either. Does it mean “thank you,” or “please,” or does it mean “an album that doesn’t really fall into any clear category”? If it’s the last one, then Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors have named their new album correctly. Bitte Orca ranges from well constructed and melodic indie rock to acoustic minimalism. The band's singer sounds like Ted Leo, backed by music that sounds like The Unicorns on sedatives. A few of the songs, like “Fluorescent half-Dome,” sound like vocalist Dave Longsreth is trying to pass himself off as a new-millennium Barry Manilow crooning away to a synthesizer. In the end, as scattered as this album is, the result is pulled together well, and I have to say, I like it. - Chris Gaughan