Nine Inch Nails releases

today is Nine Inch Nails day

currently playing: "The Wretched"

Isn't that the one with the hilarious line about god himself reaching his FUCKING hand through the sky just to hold poor old Trent down?

yup!

just a reflection
just a glimpse
just a little reminder
of all the what abouts
and all the might have
could have beens
another day
some other way
but not another reason to continue
and now you're one of us
the wretched

the hopes and prays
the better days
the far aways
forget it

it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, did it?
it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, did it?

now you know
this is what it feels like
now you know
this is what it feels like

the clouds will part and the sky cracks open
and god himself will reach his fucking arm through
just to push you down
just to hold you down
stuck in this hole with the shit and the piss
and it's hard to believe it could come down to thisback at the beginning
sinking
spinning

and in the end
we still pretend
the time we spend
not knowing when
you're finally free
and you could be

but it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
it didn't turn out quite the way that you wanted it

now you know
this is what it feels like
now you know
this is what it feels like

you can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
you can try to stop it but

Fuck it, I'm going to poll The Fragile. Search says it ain't been done.

I think the only song on (Right) that I ever play is "Into The Void", but I love (Left) to bits

I'm Looking Forward to Joining You and The Big Comedown are hidden gems on (Right)

tbh "Starfuckers" turned me off so much, particularly since there is sustained awesome from "The Day the World Went Away" through "Even Deeper", that I just never felt the desire to play (Right)

What are your thoughts on Reznor as a singer? The older I get, the more grating I find his vocals, but, conversely, the more I admire his composition and particularly arrangement skills.

I think his biggest issue as a singer is his infatuation with screaming. Like, it's often very effective, but not so effective that it doesn't start getting really, really old. Also, he does have a decent voice and it's kind of a shame that he likes to go ugly with it so often because it can be even more effective when he just sings some of this stuff, like for example "The Day the World Went Away".

It's not on this album but "The Great Destroyer" on Year Zero is IMO him really hitting a vocal stride, enhancing the power of the song in the process; I wish he did more tracks like that.

Yeah his screaming has never been particularly convincing. In general, he's often too nasal and sneery.

http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/51585462200/ive-been-less-than-honest-about-what-ive-really

not that much of a surprise really.
all those side project releases etc with the same crew kinda indicated he was still active in the studio ..
after all, this was not bowie/mbv/daft punk period of disconnection was it.

I've a hunch it will be really good though.

On Columbia? I thought he was going to be releasing without a label?

he clearly lies.
he admits it.

the How To Destroy Angels album was through Columbia, it'd be pretty goofy if the new NIN was indie after that

Oh, I guess I haven't been paying that much attention.

I don't know, I used to be a big fan but I haven't even checked out that HTDA album or that facebook movie thing yet. The instrumental numbers release, Ghosts, was like the perfect end to my fandom I guess?

i can see that stuff not appealing to everyone as much as the proper NIN stuff. i feel like the new stuff will be suitably aggro and probably worth hearing, though.

I've never really been let down by this dude yet, so I've got nothing but high hopes.

what are they up to now, like halo twenty eight?

what do people think of the downward spiral singles? i saw a bunch used last week.

GRAB THEM THEY ARE GREAT

After this round of remixes things mostly go, er, downward remix wise

picked up closer and march of pigs

https://store.nin.com/products/not-the-actual-events-ep

https://store.nin.com/products/the-fragile-deviations-1-2017

Cool, welcome back.

Ordered the EP; don't care about the vinyl stuff.

Ugh just take my money, Trent. The original Fragile LP is one of my prized pieces of wax and still gets a lot of play, Deviations will be a nice addition. Always loved the instrumentals from that and sooo many songs could do without the vocals.

Listening to the EP now. Not appreciably noisier than Hesitation Marks; kinda minimalist, in fact.

Only just heard about this!

Sounding more interesting than the accomplished but regressive Hesitation Marks.

New track. Very, very old-school NIN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDV-dOvqKzQ

that song rules, wow

Trent's been listening to synthwave. Can't wait to pre-order another bag of dirt.

This is great! Also, I do not hear old-school NIN in this at all, unless we're calling With Teeth old-school now.

Bag of dirt pre-ordered. (I hope that's not what it is, but I'm certainly not expecting a CD or anything.)

xp I'll defer to you on that -- since I'm not well-versed in the genre I tend to judge on more superficial resemblances, and this reminds me of what I was hearing from NIN in the late 80s. It's probably just me. Anyway, this is the best new song I've heard from anyone in months.

ime it's sort of like if a with teeth song were playing behind a synth line from a yaz record

Yeah, it's very "what if we mashed up Only You with The Hand That Feeds"

Not bad.

Trent's been listening to synthwave.

not just listening, but watching the videos as well.
the bit at the start is very synthwave before it all kicks off.
i like it.
a lot.

isn't there an OPN video just like this

I haven't listened to a new NIN song since WITHA TEETHA but I gotta say, this is pretty good

With you on that. This is p good. Seems like he found his drum sound preset again, after years of having lost it (and this is a good thing)

I love it, very "The Hand That Feeds."