Two new Hot To Dress Well EPs dropped yesterday, Born Bodies (four tracks, one with mysterious, constant collaborator cokc dokc) and Five Souls (also four tracks, three with cokc dokc). The haunted R&B/doom textures continue on both EPs, adding another round to the five 3" CDRs over five months promised back in the Fall. As always they're free for download via the How To Dress Well blog and will be available as a box set sometime soon through Cryptic Carousel.
The two EPs differ, with Born Bodies leaning more towards the project's chilling ambient modes and Five Souls covering sexier ground. The first starts off in a haze with "Tramodolhydrochlorid," easing into an angelic chant after an introductory "how to dress well motherfucker." "My Body" floats like this too for a minute before the EP's first beat kicks in, superbly hollow, heartbreaking and lonely.
Five Souls sets off slightly more uptempo, with "These Visions" riding a Kanye beat (which I admit I didn't catch at all the first bunch of times I listened) and a live version of "Walking This Dumb," a muffled pulsation radiating from your fog machine basement dance party. This one also features "Lover's Start (Desert Voyage)," which I premiered on Friendship Bracelet Club Volume 3.
Also it's cool to see HTDW get some more lovin this time around - peeped posts on Village Voice, Chocolate Bobka, No Conclusion, Yours Truly and Rose Quartz.
ALSO here's a video for a demo version of "11 years on."
1 comment:
hieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
thanks for the love--- to be clear, 'these visions' doesn't sample 'ye, the vocal melody of the chorus only mimics him. in point of fact, the beat is sampled from ariel pink, chopped the fuck up & wonked out.
hugs and tugs,
htdw
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