“Don’t Say No” opens with some classic R&B thumping like D’Angelo is about to lick his lips and start whisper-singing, but just then, Shlohmo turns up the cloudy lo-fi texturing and unleashes his new age, unconventional R&B genius. How to Dress Well lays down the vocals--airy and fragile, while Shlohmo teases the beat until Tom Krell is cooing over a turbulent clamor of percussive hitches, smooth synthesizers, and ambient haze that’ll take hold of you until those five minutes and nineteen seconds are up.
This is the first release off the L.A. producer’s forthcoming EP, Laid Out, dropping March 5 through Friends of Friends/WEDIDIT.
