New Music: Because I Don't Know (Lita Lores Version)

           

Tricky's single "Because I Don’t Know" now gets a female perspective thanks to Lita Lores. For the 21-year-old British singer, Bristol icon Adrian Thaws (who, as in the other versions, only provides a breathy backing vocal) completely transforms the song: Where the regular album version, with Mitch Sanders's falsetto, is a bouncy, danceable track with a catchy drum loop, the beat here is no longer so danceable and directly impactful, but rather ethereal and hallucinogenic. It pulsates dreamily and crackles subversively, while Lita Lores sensually revels in the electronically lush drama. The keyboard takes on a latent glimmer of hope, and the keyboard instruments generally expand more atmospherically, while the subtle strings sound more cinematic. In short: This version of "Because I Don't Know" is more clearly based on Tricky's classic albums.