kilocycles per second presents...
The Weeknd - Thursday
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ARTiST The Weeknd
TiTLE Thursday
GENRE Electronic
SUBGENRE Pop / R&B
LABEL Not On Label
CAT.NR None
YEAR 2011
SOURCE FREEWEB
ENCODER FhG
QUALiTY 320kbps
SiZE 115,3 MB
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01 The Weeknd - Lonely Star 05:48
02 The Weeknd - Life Of The Party 04:56
03 The Weeknd - Thursday 05:19
04 The Weeknd - The Zone 06:57
05 The Weeknd - The Birds Part 1 03:34
06 The Weeknd - The Birds Part 2 05:50
07 The Weeknd - Gone 08:06
08 The Weeknd - Rolling Stone 03:50
09 The Weeknd - Heaven Or Las Vegas 05:56
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Total: 50:16 min
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Earlier this year, Canadian singer The Weeknd (aka Abel
Tesfay) became a ænet sensation when his House of
Balloons mixtape attracted the support of rapper Drake
and highly positive reviews across the music press û
stateside site Pitchfork compared its spectral qualities
to The xx's Mercury-winning debut. At the time of
writing, it's on the shortlist for the Polaris Prize,
essentially the Canadian Mercury Prize. But rather than
simply reaping the rewards of his blogosphere
breakthrough, Tesfay has pressed on with the second of a
proposed trio of mixtapes in 2011; on the schedule for
later this year is part three, Echoes of Silence.
Thursday again captures the artist amid woozy RnB
bumpers and skeletal soul backgrounds, plus a couple of
raucous almost-rockers, but perhaps lacks the sparkle
that made House of Balloons so immediately satisfying.
Thursday racked up 180,000 (free) downloads on its first
day online (a Thursday, naturally) û a remarkable
achievement for an artist who's still an underground
attraction. But wider audiences are evidently beckoning,
as here he's joined by early supporter Drake on The
Zone. Admittedly it's something of a tacked-on guest
turn, but nevertheless: the Thank Me Later star's
presence is sure to alert many more admirers to Tesfay's
cause. What's missing, though, is the same level of
instant appeal that certain first-collection numbers
possessed û the closest this set comes to immediate
impact is on The Birds Part 1, a drums-heavy centrepiece
which finds our protagonist at his fullest of voice, and
guitars-at-11 offering Life of the Party. But perhaps
this set is closer to the true Tesfay, as recognisable
samples (Beach House and Siouxsie and the Banshees last
time) are exchanged for wholly original compositions û
of the nine tracks only one, The Birds Part 2, leans on
a prior arrangement for support: Martina Topley-Bird's
Sandpaper Kisses. Closer Heaven or Las Vegas strays from
familiar waters, a reggae lilt lending the piece
unexpected buoyancy.
Overall, Thursday isn't the sequel to House of Balloons
that some might have been hoping for û but it does make
for a very worthy companion, more a flip to its
forerunner's side A than an entirely separate
collection. It's a great mood piece, and Tesfay's frail
vocals are oddly affecting when compared to the usual
hip hop approach of uncompromising braggadocio. Some may
find his effects-laden style grating, but the same could
be said of anyone from Kanye West to Madonna. And, on
the evidence presented so far, few would say with
certainty that Tesfay couldn't one day attain a
comparable level of commercial success. File him beside
Frank Ocean as an RnB star set to climb to new heights
in 2012. (bbc.co.uk)
URL: http://the-weeknd.com/
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