At 3:00 AM in the morning and a couple of drinks deep, New York City-based artist Two Feet–the solo project of Bill Dess–sat restlessly on his friend’s couch, the same couch that had also been serving as his bed for the last few months, in an apartment in Harlem. He was putting the final touches on a song he had written earlier that day unapologetically titled “Go Fuck Yourself" the track was written in a three-hour blur and he hadn’t given too much thought.

Switching the track to public on SoundCloud, Dess closed his laptop and let the liquor take him to sleep. Overnight, “Go Fuck Yourself” had garnered thousands of streams and his inbox was ringing with messages from people all over the world. Dess released his debut EP appropriately titled “First Steps” in May 2016 on independent label
and has garnered over 150 million listens across digital streaming platforms, creeping into major tastemaker playlists on Spotify, with lead track, “Go Fuck Yourself” sitting at over 50 million streams on Spotify, and hitting #1 on the HypeMachine charts on a handful of occasions.

Two Feet’s hazy and mellow sound is a nod to contemporary artists like Chet Faker, Darkside and Citizen Cope, with low key electronic beats that are as subtle as they are unshakeable, but at the core of his music lay his Jazz/Blues influences. Tracks like “Love Is A Bitch” bleed with an unabashed blues heart, with flitters of guitar provocatively stacked against an unrelenting electronic backbone.

With additional hints of indie and R&B, Dess is blending genres and sounds that create music that is entirely his own.