The album cover of “What Is This Heart?” is a close-up of How to Dress Well brainchild Tom Krell‘s face. The image is appropriate — the album is an intimate collection of gorgeously layered pop songs about love and heartache making for a listen that is as affecting as it is enjoyable.
Sometimes a hushed near-whisper and sometimes anything but, with “What Is This Heart?” Tom Krell makes the move from indie R&B to pop. A little glitchiness and experimentation make their way into the album, but overall, it retains a spacious, emotional quietness. The higher production value is evident in the crispness of the instrumentation lending a cinematic quality to the larger pop tunes. His confessional and candid vocals take front and center on each track, usually in a sweeping, floating falsetto that lends to the feeling of Krell baring his naked soul to the listener.
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