Brooklyn's very own '90s lo-fi R&B replicator, How to Dress Well, is slated to follow-up his stark 2010 debut album, Love Remains, with the release of Total Loss, out September 18th on Acéphale Records. This cut, "& It Was U", is the newest single, and if it's indicative of the rest of the album, the lo connected to that -fi is here to stay, albeit with a little more flare. This propulsive track is indebted to the style of the golden age of R&B - the Age Ain't Nothing But a Number days - and contains a similar swing to R. Kelly's early production work. "& It Was U" grows wider and crisper as it progresses, slowly picking up scraps of R&B nostalgia with every snap beat, while Tom Krell continues to one-up himself vocally - reaching higher and higher with each rotation.
Check out How to Dress Well on tour this fall. Dates here.
Here's the previously released cut from Total Loss, "Cold Nites".