Mac Miller fans rejoice: The late rapper’s 2014 mixtape Faces is finally hitting streaming services on October 15th.
Miller first unveiled the project as a free download on Mother’s Day seven years ago. It features guest appearances from the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, The Cool Kids’ Sir Michael Rocks, and more. A follow-up to his 2013 album Watching Movies with the Sound Off, the mixtape served to hold fans over until the Pittsburgh native dropped his third album, GO:OD AM, in September 2015.
And that’s not all the good news: Faces will also be getting a special vinyl release the same day, with cover art co-created by the late rapper and Sam Mason. A portion of proceeds from vinyl sales will benefit The Mac Miller Fund, which was established by Miller’s family in his honor after his tragic 2018 passing.
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To celebrate the mixtape’s upcoming re-release, Miller’s estate has dropped a brand new music video for the Faces highlight “Colors and Shapes.” “The track felt very visual to me — like it had its own world,” director Mason said in a statement. “This atmospheric nighttime place that was sometimes dangerous, sometimes comforting — then I saw a picture of [Miller’s dog] Ralph and a story emerged.”
He continued,
“To build it out I asked Malcolm’s family to send me bits and pieces from his childhood, scenes from the town where he grew up, objects, toys from his room — little pieces of his life that I extrapolated outwards and used to inspire the story. In the abstract, it’s meant to be a video about childhood — growing up as an artist and the highs and lows of that experience. It’s sort of a look at the emotional and difficult and perilous but noble path of an artist.”
Pre-orders for the Faces vinyl are ongoing at Miller’s online store, and you can watch the video for “Colors and Shapes” below.
