A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons

On 12 August 2015, Little Simz announced the album and released the single "Wings".[4] The album's second single, "Dead Body", was released on 17 August 2015, alongside a music video.[5] On 23 September 2015, she released a remix to "Dead Body", titled "Dead Body Part 2+3" featuring Stormzy and Kano.[6]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.3/10[7]
Metacritic	80/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Mixmag	9/10[9]
The 405	8.5/10[10]
HipHopDX	4/5[2]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[1]
The Guardian	[11]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 6 critic scores.[8]

Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX commended the album for its innovation, stating: "Where most newer Hip Hop artists play it safe until they build enough of an audience, Little Simz pushes the envelope giving her all to a scene that may not know what to make of her. Taking the initiative to claim herself a leader, she makes a powerful statement for womanhood in a genre often closed to anything short of objectification."[2] Pitchfork's Jia Tolentino argues that the album's independent release kept it more authentic, stating: "she's keeping her talent under her own strict control, which means, by one calculus, curbing it. Instead of an album spiked with a big banging single, she offers a looping, obsessively focused experience, with her words providing structure and the pulsing orchestral instrumentation coming second."[1] Writing for The 405, Samantha O'Connor concludes, writing "A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons is the most multifaceted and masterful contemporary feminist rap album of recent memory."[10]