Just Once (EP)
Just Once is an extended play by American singer-songwriter Tom Krell, known by his stage name as How to Dress Well. It was released on July 12, 2011, by the label Yours Truly, and is dedicated to Krell's friend Ryan Douglas Hitchon, who died in August 2010. The extended play consists of three string quartet-driven chamber renditions of songs from How to Dress Well's debut album Love Remains (2010), as well as another track, "Suicide Dream 3". Just Once was written by Krell, and recorded and mixed by Nic Atamaniuk. It garnered generally positive reviews from music journalists upon its July 2011 distribution, some of the major praises and criticisms going towards its departure from the reverb-and-distortion-heavy sound of Love Remains for a cleaner sound. Composition and production Just Once is dedicated to Krell's friend Ryan Douglas Hitchon, who died in August 2010. Three out of the four tracks on Just Once, "Suicide Dream 1", "Suicide Dream 2" and "Decisions", are string quartet-driven chamber renditions of the more ambient cuts on How to Dress Well's debut studio album Love Remains (2010). These are tracks that Krell thought of as orchestral songs when he made them in the first place. It