 While studying at Yale, Longstreth spent part of the years 2001 and 2002 working on a number of musical ideas, together with his brother Jake.This resulted in the album, "The Graceful Fallen Mango", that was released in 2002 under his own name and introduced his distinctive use of song arrangements and his combination of lo-fi and hi-fi production.With the help of Adam Forkner of Yume Bitsu, Longstreth recorded and released "The Glad Fact" on the Western Vinyl label under the name "The Dirty Projectors" in 2003.