‘& It Was U’ is the new single from Total Loss, the second album by Chicago based singer and producer Tom Krell AKA How To Dress Well (released by Weird World last week to great acclaim). ‘& It Was U’ will be released on Monday the 12th of November 2013. Listen to the single HERE.
The album, recorded by Krell himself and producer Rodaidh Mcdonald (The xx) over the space of ten months in London, New York, Chicago and Nashville has been praised for both its fiercely unique, diverse musicality and its extremely affecting, elegiac emotion alike.
Skilfully channelling influences as disparate as Janet Jackson and tape loop practitioner William Basinski into a unified whole, Total Loss is a record that exists entirely on its own terms – blurring the lines between experiment and straight-up
pop majestically.
With its buoyant, elastic falsetto harmonies, finger snaps and minimal house beat, ‘& It Was U’ definitely falls into the latter category of How To Dress Well’s intent. The result is the most joyous, loving moment of his career so far and quite possibly one of the most brave, unique pop songs of recent times – the nakedness of Krell’s vocals and sincerity of his sentiment standing out starkly in an era of auto-tuned emotion.
Krell is bringing his new three piece band to the UK this autumn for a string of dates:
2nd November: Twisted Pepper, Dublin, IE
3rd November: Soup Kitchen, Manchester, UK
5th November: XOYO, London, UK
DOWNLOAD ‘COLD NITES’ (PETE SWANSON REMIX) HERE:
http://howtodresswell.com/
