"So essentially, you are fine with PleasrDOA basically releasing the album this way as long as it respects the integrity of the album itself, aka treating the album as an artistic statement."

I would not have done this way no. I thought the clock counter was a clever play, but the numbers didn't make sense. I do however respect that everything is trial and error. But I am for the album as an artistic statement. That was my original concept, not Pleasr's. They just attempted to extend it in their own way.