How To Dress Well: 10 Songs That Influenced "What Is This Heart?"

How To Dress Well's bold and stunning "What Is This Heart?" is one of the best albums of the year so far. On it, Tom Krell really pushes his voice to the forefront, weaving his tales of heartbreak, self-doubt, and love across gorgeous soundscapes which range from the spare keys of "2 Years On (Shame Dream)" through the heaving bass of "Face Again" to the garagey swing of "Very Best Friend."

It's a truly varied record, which made us wonder—what songs influenced it? From the man himself, Tom Krell, here are 10 songs that influenced "What Is This Heart?", with a few words on why each song is so special.

"What Is This Heart?" is out today, June 24. You can buy the physical, digital, or deluxe edition of the album through How To Dress Well's website here.

The most beautiful song. When I first heard it, I felt like I was listening to something I'd made in a dream or something. A real grown sentimental classic.

An inimitable classic. Love you Ms. Jackson.

A beautiful and long piece of music. I put this on to meditate a lot last year, just to calm myself down.

To my mind, Kanye's best record is 808s—a totally visionary piece of music.

Her best song by a long shot. What a beautiful ballad. I have a sped-up edit I made for the club and whenever I play it people lose their minds!

The story around this guy plus the weird, enigmatic music is the stuff movies are made of—I love this record, was really happy to see it reissued.

Beautiful twenty-first century music. So sexy.

Mariah's most broken and beautiful song. I love the pulsing, lunging quality of the melodies.

The arrangement is so smart on this and the songwriting is just legendary. Plus the dude just SNAPS. He is a living legend—I want to work with Max so bad!

Final 30 seconds are so amazing. Love his writing so much.