Pell just released his album LIMBO last month, but he’s already begun putting out new music. Last night he admitted on Twitter that a bit of inspiration hit him after listening to Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak. Soon afterwards he released the song that resulted, “Pretty Things.”
There’s something about the slow but steady production on “Pretty Things” that has the power to make suppressed thoughts come rushing back. It seems like Pell falls into this same trap as the track finds him digging into nostalgic thoughts of a past love. If the beat doesn’t immediately bring listeners down memory lane, the lyrics certainly will: “Late at night when you call my line / I think about if we could cross that line.”
I was listening to 808s the other night and thought about you.
— Pell (@PELLYEAH) December 23, 2015
And then I kept thinking and thinking… And this song kind of came out with @Trukyouu and Mello…. — Pell (@PELLYEAH) December 23, 2015
Listen to “Pretty Things” below.
