Three posts in three days? Who would have ever thought.
I attended the closing gala for the Atlantic Film Festival last night and enjoyed a couple drinks with friends, so safe to say I am spending the first part of today quiet and at home. I started doing a little adventuring for new music and stumbled upon something I should’ve stumbled upon ages ago: How To Dress Well. It’s the brainchild of Tom Krell, a researcher-by-day (!) and since October 2009 he’s been releasing tracks on his blog (which can be found here).
He just released his debut full-length, “Love Remains”, through Lefse Records (Low Sea, Neon Indian) and it’s stellar lo-fi R&B. He riffs with a haunting voice most easily compared to Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and it sails over cloudy beats and obscured soft synth pads. Although never one for pigeonholing, reading different definitions of the genre led me to my new favorite foolish industry invented term: “below-fi”. Listen for yourself, and see if How To Dress Well is for you. If it is, let me know. I’m interested to hear what people think.
Full post on “Corridor” related thoughts coming. Still sort of processing. Although I fear the more I think the less reactionary and more rehearsed it will be.
