I love the aesthetic of the Weeknd, I really do. The dark, drugged-out haziness. The sexual innuendo… shit, not even innuendo, just plain dirty sex. The production is incredible. That being said, I can’t stand the fuckin’ R & B singing. It’s a genre that has an immediate repulsion for me, like country-pop. The second I hear that style of singing I felt my last meal crawling up my throat. I don’t understand this new obsession with R & B style singing. Christ, if you told Abel he couldn’t use the word “baby”in a song he’d be fucked. He’d have two and half minute songs. Don’t get me wrong, the talent is there. But THAT singing. Jesus. I hope this fad passes soon. Until then I ‘ll just play Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’ for the dark, claustrophobic, bad-ass tunes. And trust me, nothing The Weeknd has done holds a single candle to “Mezzanine.” Oh yeah, and the last third of “Glass Table Girls” is easily the best thing he’s done.

Too cool. Obviously ‘Kick’ was a good choice of albums simply because it wan’t an obvious choice at all. Great job Beck, Angus, et al!