This is great!
― imago, Friday, 14 July 2017 12:12 (six years ago) link
I definitely felt that way about The Fragile when it first came out (I was 13 and just wanted some freakin NOISE!!!) but after nearly 2 decades and a few dozen listens I think it's really great
― frogbs, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
Fragile Left is often my favorite NIN album.
Conversely, Fragile Right is my least-favorite.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Friday, 14 July 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
serious question, I got off after With Teeth, are any of the other albums worth hearing
― frogbs, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
YES
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Friday, 14 July 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
Year Zero especially is the perfect soundtrack to American life in 2017.
year zero and hesitation marks are both v good records that i think only suffer from being a little too long
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 14 July 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Friday, July 14, 2017 6:53 AM (thirty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
damn, otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 14 July 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
tbh this guy is pretty consistent in what he does. I wouldn't say any of his albums is significantly better or worse than the others
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 14 July 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
Downward Spiral still pretty easily his best work though IMO.
This new one has an excellent beat, but my tolerance for his breathy/nassal vocal style and dumb rhymes continues to want with time. Having said that, that harmonising part in the second pre-chorus is really cool.
― chap, Monday, 17 July 2017 10:06 (six years ago) link
New song/video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g8nAqDu3gI
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
Very good.
― jmm, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
oh I like this
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
This is great.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
always love to hear trent's higher register
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
I love the goopy bass sound on this, whatever's making that. I think it's a synth.
― jmm, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
been chilling in the studio with alessandro cortini
― mh, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
Definitely a treat. Two for two here!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
yea I like this one too, well done
is there a new LP coming after this er what?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
He's doing 3 EPs, of which this is the second.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
Another good one! Very promising, though I'd much rather see these songs paired on a 12 track album instead of ep's of varying quality.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
The final track on this ep is 11 mins long.
― chap, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 09:29 (six years ago) link
Just got my download of the EP.
1. Less Than - 3:302. The Lovers - 4:103. This Isn't the Place - 4:444. Not Anymore - 3:075. The Background World - 11:44
Listening now.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 23:28 (six years ago) link
OK, first impressions: All the songs are good, if minimal. No sonic or compositional surprises; he's playing to his base. No really cringeworthy couplets, though, which is a big plus. The last song is 11:44, but seven minutes of that are a loop of the main riff gradually devolving into crunchy noise. Definitely worth it if you're a fan, but not likely to make anyone into a fan.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
is there more good eurorack content?
― mh, Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
No really cringeworthy couplets
Silence/violence is pretty cringeworthy.
― chap, Thursday, 20 July 2017 09:15 (six years ago) link
overused != cringeworthy
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 20 July 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
There is a significant overlap.
― chap, Thursday, 20 July 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
A long and very interesting interview.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
He's got kind of a point about LP versus EP -- if I go to listen to a full album, I'm more likely to skip through to the songs I want to hear, but an EP, especially the way the NIN releases have been assembled, is pretty cohesive and I'll let the whole thing play out.
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
(there are about a hundred things I've wanted to comment on but that one was a quick thought and I don't want to bomb the thread before anyone else reads the interview!)
that was pretty good - but this interviewer is a bit confrontational, no?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
lol @ this
Just this morning, me and my two older boys were sitting in the hotel restaurant. Their mom has played the new EP for them a couple times. They’re like, “My favorite song is ‘Less Than’.” That’s sweet, but then I’m thinking, Don’t I say ‘fuck’ in that one? Same thing when they were at sound check: What song don’t I say ‘fuck’ in?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
it's condensed from a couple conversations, so I'd imagine asking some questions and seeing that Reznor's not really a defensive guy and could take prodding led to more interesting questions
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
The digression into dealing with the parents of your kids' schoolmates when everyone knows you as the dude who sang "I want to fuck you like an animal" was great.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
Confrontational in this "hey, you wanna expand on that a little?"/"I don't really get where you're going with this" sense is vastly preferable to confrontational in the German-interviewer "Why is your new album so much worse than the one before?" sense.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
fucking german interviewers, man
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link
Thought this was an even better interview.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
Correction: not 'even better', but good yet quite different etc
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
well yeah - the questions were definitely way more interesting than your standard NIN interview fare. though I did get the sense he was trying to bait him into saying something headline-worthy.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
ehh it definitely has the feeling of a narrative that explains who the interview is with but the pull quotes and summary are less interesting than Reznor's actual words in the Vulture interview. it also relies on the myths propagated by writers that the former one debunks
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
that was re: LBI's link
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
i closed the tab when the piece described la croix as "fancy seltzer"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
lol
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link
otmfm
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
The phenomenon of La Croix suddenly being a nationwide thing sill baffles and amazes me.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
Mh, you are right.
'The Chili Peppers slot' is one for the ages though :D
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
it usurped clearly canadian's cultural niche in the 90s revival movement
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that was a good quote
I have actually been at festivals where the last act was indeed that band, and I have the impression that every festival in california for years was that way
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
also we did leave to get on the road lol