Tom Waits Holds Private Listening Party on YouTube

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Tom Waits teased his upcoming album, Bad as Me, Tuesday via a YouTube video entitled “Tom Waits’ Private Listening Party.”

In the video, Waits deadpans for the camera while skipping through song clips on the album. After receiving a phone call, Waits cuts the music and goes on a hilarious rant against music piracy and the dissolution of artistic privacy. The audience is then, ironically, given more snippets from the album.

Bad as Me will be the first new album from Tom Waits since Real Gone in 2004, and is his 22nd studio record. Anti- Records will release it on October 25. The first single, ">“Bad as Me,” [iTunes link] can be purchased digitally now.

What do you make of Waits’ preview? Are you intrigued by the album? Should other artists launch with listening parties? Let us know in the comments.

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