How to Destroy Angels = Trent Reznor + Mrs. Mariqueen Reznor's new band

http://howtodestroyangels.com/home.html

(the name is also an early EP by Coil btw)

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:39 (3 years ago) Permalink

I'm open to hearing this, and am v. much digging the Coil reference.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:17 (3 years ago) Permalink

Hmmm, he said.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

More like:

― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:39 (3 years ago) Permalink

The one ilxor posted is the remix album, the one you posted is the original one-sided EP. Both are called How To Destroy Angels.

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:47 (3 years ago) Permalink

I am cautiously optimistic!

― theskysgoneout (Jason Pitzl-Waters), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:50 (3 years ago) Permalink

did he borrow a wife from prince?

― scott seward, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:07 (3 years ago) Permalink

LOL @ T-Rezzy in a suit and tie!

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink

Trent Machine

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

How to Destroy NINgels

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:18 (3 years ago) Permalink

― scott seward, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

I'm not sure if I can prepare for happy trent lyrics.

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

lol @ pic

i am optimistic. trent has needed a real vocalist forever. (I have no idea if the girl can sing).

― bnw, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

TS: Mariqueen Maandig vs. Mariqueen Mandrill

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

I'm not sure if I can prepare for happy trent lyrics.

"Ha ha ha
hee hee hee
I'm a laughing Goth
And you can't catch me!"

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

Hot buttered roll!!
It tempts my soul!!!!!
I'd rather die!!!
Than not eat that roll!!!!!!!!!

Chow down before the one who serves...

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

I want a downy pillow
I want some comfy sheets
I want sleep soundly
I want to wake up refreshed
I want some morning light
I want to eat strawberries until I'm so fucking satisfied
So fucking satisfied
Roll the strawberries in powdered sugar
So fucking satisfied.

-"So Fucking Satisfied"

― a modest crowd, not jammed (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

okay holy shit I am loving that teaser vid

― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

I have no idea if the girl can sing

She was the lead vocalist in West Indian Girl for a couple of years. (Haven't heard anything by them though, so I don't know either.)

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

Voila:

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

YouTube comment says "Stone Roses meets Blonde Redhead," fwiw.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

She's smoking!

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:47 (3 years ago) Permalink

Not bad

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:49 (3 years ago) Permalink

Don't trust the words "not bad" and "G. Love" in such close proximity, tbh.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:52 (3 years ago) Permalink

:-)

A 6-track EP is apparently forthcoming this Summer: http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/04/27/introducing-how-to-destroy-angels/

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:53 (3 years ago) Permalink

Discussion after this article = the very worst of a bad ILM thread, squared

http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2010/04/27/how-to-destroy-angels-already-making-waves/

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

What's that instrument though? The one where she's pulling back something (at the pencilled-in marks)?

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:01 (3 years ago) Permalink

Oh. It's a Dewanatron Swarmatron! (thank you, forum @ nin.com)

― StanM, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

UPDATED: 4 teaser clips already

http://howtodestroyangels.com/home.html

― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

also, this:

― StanM, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:31 (3 years ago) Permalink

awww, man. I was just thinking yesterday about how bad I want a Pro-One.

― Fetchboy, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

And the new full-length track is... very boring?

http://pitchfork.com/news/38686-how-to-destroy-angels-a-drowning

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

it is very odd hearing such a Trent melody being sung by someone else

― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:31 (3 years ago) Permalink

kinda massive attack-y

― am0n, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:32 (3 years ago) Permalink

Kinda like NIN with a chick on vocals... who'da thunk it?

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

How To Destroy Interest In Your New Band

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 19:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

more like How To Destroy Interest In Others Talking About Music With You

― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 19:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

Pretty relaxed. Maybe the rest of the album is braingrinding corpseporn. (That is a genre, yes?)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 19:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

I think it's very reminiscent of the Year Zero remix album, which I adore.

― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 19:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

more like How To Destroy Interest In Others Talking About Music With You

I'll gladly talk music; it seems you'd rather turn this thread into a dick-measuring contest, sadly.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 19:40 (3 years ago) Permalink

A Drowning reminds me of "Right Where It Belongs" which I really like a lot as well.

― StanM, Friday, 7 May 2010 07:07 (3 years ago) Permalink

I wish A Drowning sounded more like "Up Where We Belong," then it would really sell.

― edgar ballin poe (crüt), Friday, 7 May 2010 07:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

A Drowning reminds me of "Right Where It Belongs" which I really like a lot as well.

very OTM

it's kind of funny that this is so overtly NIN with a female singer

― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Friday, 7 May 2010 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink

i just don't understand WHY. WHY would he make a whole new thing to release music that sounds just like nin. is it because he wanted a female vocalist, and didn't want to do that as nin?
i'm listening to it right now: this sigh thing she does, around 5 minutes, and the piano, holy smokes, both sound exactly like a nine inch nails song. this whole thing sounds exactly like a fucking outtake from with teeth.

it's lame that trent (probably) won't be doing the whole give-his-music-away-for-free thing with this band. there aren't any legal free downloads for this single, are there? you have to buy it. lame!

oh also i just want to mention that i don't know coil but 'how to destroy angels' is like the worst fucking band name since diarrhea planet.

― marc iv, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

Studio NIN = Reznor + Ross + guests creating stuff in the studio knowing it will be recreated live by
Live NIN = Reznor + Clouser Cortini Lohner Finck Freese North Vrenna (etc etc)

HTDA = Reznor + Ross + Mariqueen creating stuff in the studio knowing it won't have to be recreated live by a band with two guitarists and a live drummer?

Hence, not necessarily VERY different?

― StanM, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:08 (3 years ago) Permalink

i just don't understand WHY. WHY would he make a whole new thing to release music that sounds just like nin.

Because NIN is as much about his voice as it is about the music?

― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Friday, 7 May 2010 19:12 (3 years ago) Permalink

okay it's true that i understand why; it's just that i used to think trent reznor was a cool guy, but i feel like this new project exists because he is a douchebag egomaniac, and i am having a hard time with it, ya know.

― marc iv, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

Exactly what part of Trent's career would cause you to think he wasn't a douchebag egomaniac? Was it when he wrote the song demanding God give him a personal apology, the singles he released about dominating people with his sin or fucking them like animals, rewriting and making money off of the same song about how unhappy he was for 20 years, or introducing us to Marilyn Manson?

― it means "EMOTIONAL"! (HI DERE), Friday, 7 May 2010 19:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

99 cents! Who does he think he is?

― StanM, Friday, 7 May 2010 21:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

oh also i just want to mention that i don't know coil

Look into changing that.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 May 2010 21:48 (3 years ago) Permalink

I quite like "A Drowning," I have to say.

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 7 May 2010 22:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

...although, if you listen closely, it sounds like there was some engineer drinking a milkshake in the studio during the time of the recording. You can hear that slurping straw sound in the right channel periodically through the track.

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 7 May 2010 22:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

For what it's worth, my favorite COIL track... (or one of them)

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 7 May 2010 22:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

YES!

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 8 May 2010 00:17 (3 years ago) Permalink

well done for knowing who coil are. how long is your penis also

― hotel califor.nia (r1o natsume), Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:05 (3 years ago) Permalink

Can't measure, it stays kinda... you know... coiled up.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:08 (3 years ago) Permalink

i feel like this new project exists because he is a douchebag egomaniac

What a sad world we would live in without the douchebag egomaniacs making brilliant albums for us!

I really like the new song, and look forward to the EP this Summer.

― theskysgoneout (Jason Pitzl-Waters), Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

Alex in NYC, you have very good ears.

I'm now going to hear that milkshake slurping sound forever, aren't I?

― StanM, Saturday, 8 May 2010 06:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

That sound also vaguely reminded me of the weird coin-rattling-in-a-flowerpot-standing-on-a-speaker kind of noise in Peter Gabriel's Lay Your Hands On Me way back when he used to fool around with the first samplers. :-)

― StanM, Saturday, 8 May 2010 08:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

well done for knowing who coil are. how long is your penis also

I'd forgotten how fucking obnoxious ILM was. Thanks.

― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 8 May 2010 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

Kind of love having a female voice against Trent's music. Sounds a little Portisheady to my ears, maybe?

Maybe the Coil reference will bear out in other tracks? Would like that. Coil love springs eternal!!

Ned: braingrinding corpseporn? Why it's only my favorite genre.

― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 8 May 2010 22:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

I knew you did things differently in Australia.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 May 2010 22:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

Gives "bloody oath" a whole new meaning, huh?

― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 8 May 2010 22:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

Watch out, Trent, she's pushing all your buttons!

― StanM, Sunday, 9 May 2010 12:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

I haven't heard Coil influence in NIN since or before they remixed him (aside from maybe my favorite dreams are nightmares). I'm a fan of both acts but it does Coil's brilliance a pretty massive injustice to compare them to NIN just b/c Trent's a fan and rips a band name from an early Coil track.

― Fetchboy, Sunday, 9 May 2010 12:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

I'd say HTDA owes more to the Sneaker Pimps than Coil, but whatever.

― Alex in NYC, Monday, 10 May 2010 13:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

How To Destroy Sneakers:

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 10 May 2010 13:50 (3 years ago) Permalink

Wasn't the whole Coil discussion was really just about the name anyway? It wasn't much more than getting wistful abt old Coil songs. I don't think anyone actually did any comparing.

Oh and thanks for noticing the milkshake sound, Alex. Now this song makes me hungry.

― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 10 May 2010 21:59 (3 years ago) Permalink

Maybe so. Sorry, I was drunk and I can get pretty defensive about 'em. This was the first Coil song I heard and it's probably still in my top 10.

― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 08:08 (3 years ago) Permalink

― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 11 May 2010 08:08 (3 years ago) Permalink

warning: singing corpse

http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/5556-how-to-destroy-angels-the-space-in-between-null

― StanM, Sunday, 16 May 2010 09:49 (3 years ago) Permalink

i dig the video.

― gman59, Monday, 17 May 2010 23:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

Turns out this is all an elaborate front for the Exotic Birds reunion:

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 May 2010 20:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

"they use a technique known as 'sampling'"

― ( ｀ハ´)☞ 　☜(´∀｀☜) (am0n), Monday, 24 May 2010 21:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

"they use a hairspray known as VO5"

― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 24 May 2010 21:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

'A Drowning' is really good! Dunno what ilxor's on about. It's got a spaciousness and a scope that disappointingly few NIN songs find.

― acoleuthic, Monday, 24 May 2010 21:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

We're releasing our debut 6-track EP as a FREE download on June 1st. Pre-order now and get one track, "The Believers," immediately. You'll then be automatically emailed on June 1st as soon as the full EP download is ready. The EP will be delivered as high-quality DRM-free MP3s.

For $2, you can pre-order the HD package, which adds options for lossless audio (24-bit 44.1kHz WAV and 16-bit FLAC and Apple Lossless) and the music video for "The Space in Between" in 1080p Quicktime. A pre-order of the HD package with immediate download of "The Believers" is included FREE with any merchandise purchase.

http://www.howtodestroyangels.com/store/

― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2010 18:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

Pregnant

http://www.wwd.com/eyescoop/eye/mariqueen-maandig-and-trent-reznor-release-album-3165804

― StanM, Sunday, 11 July 2010 14:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

Annnd...news:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3265399533874&set=a.3265399493873.108202.1833868712&type=1

Sorry for the radio silence lately... I've been busy! There's a number of things to be revealed over the coming months. Some you may expect, others you may not. Patience, my friends.

Today's news is about my band How To Destroy Angels. I'm happy to announce we've formally partnered with Columbia Records for our next series of releases. The first of these will be available in November and it's called An Omen EP. As you may have guessed, it's an EP. It contains six songs, some of which are from our full-length LP which is coming early next year.
We are making some videos, we are going to be performing live, and that's all the details I have for now on those matters.

Regarding our decision to sign with Columbia, we've really spent a long time thinking about things and it makes sense for a lot of reasons, including a chance to work with our old friend Mark Williams. There's a much more granular and rambling answer I could give (and likely will in an interview someplace) but it really comes down to us experimenting and trying new things to see what best serves our needs. Complete independent releasing has its great points but also comes with shortcomings.

We are all very excited about you checking out the new stuff. Wish I could tell you more, but you know how this works... it would take all the fun out of it!

Stay tuned!

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2012 20:50 (8 months ago) Permalink

I just hope it's more... I dunno, involving than what came before.

― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 21 September 2012 21:53 (8 months ago) Permalink

Single streaming:

http://soundcloud.com/howtodestroyangels/keep-it-together

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 8 October 2012 20:33 (7 months ago) Permalink

I'm getting a real Bush Of Ghosts vibe from a lot of these songs.

― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Sunday, 11 November 2012 15:36 (6 months ago) Permalink

Well damn, just did a really enjoyable interview with Mr. Reznor himself. It'll be running in the Quietus in the near future.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 November 2012 18:40 (5 months ago) Permalink

And here it is:

http://thequietus.com/articles/10926-trent-reznor-interview-how-to-destroy-angels

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 13:18 (5 months ago) Permalink

good read! have only listened to the EP once so far but it sounded good

― some dude, Monday, 10 December 2012 13:26 (5 months ago) Permalink

Yeah I like it a lot, good mood music.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 13:52 (5 months ago) Permalink

Good piece! His answers suggest there was a lot more material - any plans to run the full transcript on your blog?

― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 10 December 2012 15:05 (5 months ago) Permalink

There's only a couple of things that weren't used, actually; I'll have to go back and review the transcript. Anyway, thanks! I have to say that getting compliments from him for interesting questions was a nice charge.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 15:17 (5 months ago) Permalink

And it turns out the New Yorker has a big piece about him up and there's more about that Beats by Dre thing, borrowing from the Pitchfork summary:

He's helping to design a new music-streaming service, which is currently being called Daisy, and is set to launch early next year.

The service "uses mathematics to offer suggestions to the listener... [but also] would present choices based partly on suggestions made by connoisseurs, making it a platform in which the machine and the human would collide more intimately."

Comparing Daisy to Spotify, he told The New Yorker, "Here's sixteen million licensed pieces of music,’ they’ve said, but you’re not stumbling into anything. What's missing is a service that adds a layer of intelligent curation."

"That first wave of music presentation which felt magical, the one where the songs are chosen by algorithms that know who you listened to... has begun to feel synthetic."

He described Daisy as being "like having your own guy when you go into the record store, who knows what you like but can also point you down some paths you wouldn't necessarily have encountered."

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 15:35 (5 months ago) Permalink

"a platform in which the machine and the human would collide more intimately" is also the premise of the next Fincher movie he's scoring

― some dude, Monday, 10 December 2012 15:48 (5 months ago) Permalink

didn't Beats buy MOG? That was a rumor anyway.

― akm, Monday, 10 December 2012 20:55 (5 months ago) Permalink

New album streaming at Pitchfork:

http://pitchfork.com/advance/33-welcome-oblivion/

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:41 (3 months ago) Permalink

it's pretty good!

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 February 2013 23:41 (3 months ago) Permalink

Did he make it with synthesizers and impossible sounds?

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 February 2013 23:48 (3 months ago) Permalink

Why do I keep forgetting to listen to this band? (btw the album is out on Spotify now)

― "Bellini." (DJP), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 15:30 (2 months ago) Permalink

I was a bit underwhelmed by the EP so I'm hesitant to pursue this any further.

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 15:39 (2 months ago) Permalink

I am digging the EP in much the same way I dug the Doubting Thomas album

― "Bellini." (DJP), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 15:42 (2 months ago) Permalink

They've gotten steadily better, it seems to me, but not a whole lot better. The first EP was wan and disappointing; the second EP was slightly less so, with one really great song ("Ice Age"); the full-length repeats "Ice Age" and a few more tracks from the second EP, and is, again, a little better than its predecessors. But none of what HTDA has done to date is as good as, say, The Slip.

― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 15:45 (2 months ago) Permalink

This is pretty good, even if it is essentially trip hop. Maybe Sneaker Pimps, actually kind of reminds me of a slightly gloomier Garbage.

― Josiah Alan, Thursday, 7 March 2013 21:21 (2 months ago) Permalink