Tom Krell has come a long way. His ghostly R&B concoctions as How To Dress Well used to get by on powerful mood and pioneering concept. Now the guy sings like a bird, and his production has only gotten sharper. New single “Words I Don’t Remember” is a lush cyborg sigh that will likely please Krell’s fan base and win him quite a few more admirers. Says Krell, “This song for me is about love, trust, commitment… and what happens to these things and, like, what happens to really real love when sentimentality is so co-opted and ruined. What remains of true love in this world of simulations?” Listen now.

No word on a new album yet, but if one’s coming that sounds like this, it’s time to get pumped. How To Dress Well will be touring soon with a three-piece band and openers Forest Swords:

3/17 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
3/18 Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy
3/21 Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
3/22 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
3/24 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
3/26 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
3/27 Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bears
3/28 Montreal, QC @ SAT
3/29 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
3/30 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall