Here he is, Brooklyn/Köln one-man hype machine Tom Krell aka How To Dress Well, with the latest in a long line of whisper-close hazed out bedsit R&B bullseyes. “Take It On” is the AA side to a forthcoming single on Transparent, a stopgap until this September’s anticipated Lefse full-length, and the piecemeal approach to disseminating his goods is building the impression of a man in firm command of both reference point and inspiration in the face of what sounds like limited studio facilities. The moans are spectral or sexy, the jacked noise levels, clips and red-lined rattle somehow perfectly intimate in encasing that falsetto, which is a hell of a falsetto. It’s like HTDW wrote this as a fevered late night valentine, a solipsistic blown-out beat booty call waiting in your inbox at 4AM. Dude’s making his U.S. debut at Glasslands on 8/13, to which we should all go. Until then, take these on.
(via FADER)
How To Dress Well has a full-length out on 9/21 via Lefse.
UPDATE: And here’s the other A-side to the “Take It On” single, titled “Ecstasy With Jojo,” more of an out there haunted disco cut than the lonesome “Take It On,” featuring a sample of MJ’s Quincy Jones-era dancefloor up “Baby Be Mine.”
(via GvsB via Transparent)
Glasslands, 8/13, Friday, How To Dress Well, let’s go.
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@amrit: “a solipsistic blown-out beat booty call waiting in your inbox at 4AM.” Nice!
I absolutely detest everything about this project. The name, music…. it all sucks. Enough with these disposable hipster acts already. This whole so called genre just flat out sucks. What happened to actual bands that play and write their own songs? They are slowly disappearing. Music blogs have been championing some really bad gimmicks as of late and it’s amazing how many jokers jump on these trends and continue to put their own shitty product out there. Enough with the cheesy genres, neon colors and ridiculous band names. Let’s get back to basics! This hipster shit has hit the fan. Go away.