Stream: How to Dress Well, “Clowne Towne” (Xiu Xiu Cover)

February 10, 2012


We can't say we ever expected Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart to be as influential on music as he ended up being? Tom Krell, bka How to Dress Well clearly sites Xiu Xiu as a stylistic antecedent, covered "Clowne Towne" to support AdHoc.fm’s fundraising effort, stretching the original track out and giving the arrangement little more than an orchestral drone and a sporadic, quiet storm of a drum pattern allowing Krell's fragile voice to shine through.

Stream: How to Dress Well, "Clowne Towne" (via Pitchfork)


Stream: How to Dress Well, “Clowne Towne” (Xiu Xiu Cover)