Weeknd Thread.
Echoes of Silence just came out...going to listen to it through and post back impressions. So far he sounds like Michael Jackson on this first track
Weeknd Thread.
Echoes of Silence just came out...going to listen to it through and post back impressions. So far he sounds like Michael Jackson on this first track
Goddamn, three mixtapes of such quality with a year for fucking FREE?? I hope he'll start charging for his music or starts touring, so he can continue this. Very impressive, almost on par with HoB.
what's the diff between a mixtape and an album? feel like this year totally mixed the concepts up. guessing if you're releasing a mixtape it's free and nobody has to pay for the samples.
i really liked House of Balloons for a while.
Yeah. I dunno where the money comes from to support this project but it's got money behind it.Originally Posted by konstantin
My first impressions are that this one was my least favorite of the three.
Yeah, played it a lot last summer. Made me calm.
Mixtapes are released for free because they usually contain unlicensed samples, took me a while to actually figure that out. But yeah, this is awesome. I have no idea where he gets money to continue to do this, but I suspect next year will be big for Abel and hopefully some dates. I suppose Drake is giving him some money since I know those two are close.
I've been enjoying Echoes of Silence a lot lately, though the first mixtape is still the best.
I also think they use the term mixtape to distinguish that the releases are free. I'm guessing they're using these free "mixtapes" to drum up support for a studio album that they can profit from.
Pitchfork just reported that they're bundling up all three of them and releasing them together with outtakes, so that could drum up some profit for sure. I'll probably get it, that's pretty good value for one release.
If anyone has issues with track 4, there's a fucking colon in the title that was a pain in the ass in windows 7 to get rid of. I had to use cmd prompt and some sneaky moving folders around to get rid of the file and folder it was extracted to. Change that colon before extracting.
Re-upped because a tour has just been announced. Dates below, courtesy of Pitchfork.
I'll be seeing you at the Commodore Ballroom.04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-25 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
04-26 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-27 Boston, MA - Royale
04-28 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-29 Philadelphia, PA - TLA
05-03 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
05-06 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre
05-08 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
05-10 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
05-11 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
05-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballrom
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-09 Porto, Portugal - Optimus Primavera Sound
08-03 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
Hell yeah Commodore...baller status.
Vancouver show sold out in 4 minutes! Thank fuck I got a pair.
Can't wait to get my copy of Trilogy next week!
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