The Weeknd, House Of Balloons

House Of Balloons is one of the more intriguing albums of the year for me. I'm not a big fan of music that celebrates or glorifies sex and drug use, but The Weeknd (Canadian R&B singer Abel Tesfaye), has crafted a highly stylized, dark and moody album that is hard to ignore. On the first of what will be a trilogy of albums, Tesfaye creates a lush, atmospheric landscape that provides such an inviting backdrop to set his unsettling lyrics against, that I found myself drawn into these songs and then unable to escape them. 
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