Album
What Is This Heart?
2014 · Electronic, Funk / Soul
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
What Is This Heart? is an Alt/Indie album by How To Dress Well, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
Tom Krell speaks in R&B, cloaked in the reassuring, unassuming wrappings of intimate indie pop. His voice is silky and limber and flows with ease and grace, like the best R&B singers—just without getting lost in the trappings of dance beats and saxophones. The Colorado artist has steadily refined his sound for his third album, “What Is This Heart?”. Krell’s cynical lyrics (“Tell me what love’s supposed to be,” "Who knows if I love you, baby?”), his regal synth washes (“Face Again” has a stupefying numbers of soundscapes for such a cohesive track), and the collection’s dark, hope-perforated tones (especially on “See You Fall”) are inarguably seductive. Disembodied vocals, fingersnaps, and plentiful reverb might offer no real surprises, but delivering those (masterfully used) alongside sweeps of orchestral grandeur (“Pour Cyril”) and commercial pop sensibilities (“Very Best Friend”) takes special vision. Influences as disparate as Prince, Michael Jackson, Tracy Chapman, and even Whitney Houston have never been treated like this.
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Tracklist
- 12 Years On (Shame Dream)3:49
- 2What You Wanted5:27
- 3Face Again4:28
- 4See You Fall3:16
- 5Repeat Pleasure3:35
- 6Words I Don't Remember6:18
- 7Pour Cyril4:12
- 8Precious Love4:04
- 9Childhood Faith in Love (Everything Must Change, Everything Must Stay the Same)3:47
- 10A Power5:00
- 11Very Best Friend4:20
- 12House Inside (Future Is Older than the Past)6:11
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Lo-Fi
- lo-fi
- yearning
- confessional
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Rodaidh McDonaldCO-PRODUCER
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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