Album Review: Luke Sital-Singh - Dressing Like a Stranger

UK-born, LA-based singer-songwriter Luke Sital-Singh brings smooth indie beats to his fourth studio album, fronted by exceptional vocals and diverse rhythms. While broadly categorised as an indie album, each track on this release is distinct, creating an air of mystery with each transition. The 11-track release makes the perfect listening experience, ebbing and flowing between fast and slow, sombre and upbeat.

Title track ‘Dressing Like a Stranger’ opens, revealing a baritone guitar/bass, building at the chorus - a simple but dynamic sound. This lingers throughout the album, differentiating Sital-Singh from other indie acts with his ability to draw the unexpected from a simple genre.

Lead album single ‘Blind Missiles’ harbours minor chords bringing an eerie element to this otherwise serene track. Marking the only feature of the album, ‘Rather Be’ includes the incandescently talented Christina Perri, whose voice perfectly complements Sital-Singh’s - amalgamating into a heart-breaking, lullaby-like track. Up-tempo melodies vault the listener into ‘Can’t Get High’, an energetic track heavily contrasting the sleepiness of the previous.

You’d be forgiven for thinking you were listening to an multi Grammy award winning artist, with tracks like ‘Forever Endeavour’, and ‘The Walk’ using complex musical techniques effortlessly. Personal favourite ‘All Night Stand’ layers enrapturing harmonies to create a simple yet phenomenal track.

Sital-Singh’s latest work might just mark the most perfect, well-rounded indie collection yet.

Key Track: ‘All Night Stand’
Score: 9/10

Dressing Like a Stranger is out now – listen to the album below.