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The Weeknd - House of Balloons
Yes, I'm jumping on this because P*tchfork just reviewed it. But hell, it sounds bloody good. Best of this white-boys-do-r'n'b thing (actually I have no idea if they are white, or boys.) Better than How To Dress Well, in my opinion (which I eventually decided was too hard work) and Autre Ne Veut (who's album is a bit patchy.)
It's available as a free download. Apparently so they don't have to clear the samples. I'm not sure how viable a business model this is (how are they going to make any money from it??)
Anyway, any thoughts anyone?
http://soundcloud.com/theweekndxo/sets/the-weeknd-house-of-balloons-1/