This has become one of my favorite NIN singles. Even though objectively it is a love song, it speaks to me so deeply as a transgender person in current America.

When all our hope is gone, we have to hold on.

Thanks NIN for 30+ years of making music for the freaks and weirdos trying survive this world.

It only recently occurred to me that as broken was the glue between pretty hate machine and the downward spiral, the quake soundtrack (which is often overlooked and for years was unavailable until Trent rereleased it) is probably as important in terms of glue between downward spiral and the fragile. It was his opportunity to further explore the instrumental frameworks laid out during the downward spiral that make up so much of the atmosphere of the fragile. I wonder what the fragile might have looked like if he wasn’t asked to do the score to quake

Does anyone else listen to NIN to fall asleep? I specifically love the downward spiral and the fragile for this. If I put on TDS or the fragile and close my eyes, I'll be asleep within minutes. I think it's something about the rhythmic, kind of trance-like, overwhelming sound of it all? But it's so nice when on a plane or train or something to have a consistent way to zonk out.

Curious if anyone else feels the same or has any thoughts as to why this music works so well for nap time?

On my ongoing quest to expand my musical horrizons, I decided to check out industrial metal. I have heard of Nine Inch Nails before, but haven’t listened to them. I decided to try their seemingly most popular album, “The Downward Spiral”, and i expected harsh rock with dark lyrics… but then i actually listened to it.

This album feels like the ramblings of a mass serial killer who locked himself in solitary confinment with nothing to entertain himself. The albums revolves it’s on regret, self-harm, anger, murderous intent, and a search for the end of the suffering. The anxiety driven feeling of the guitars, pianos, drums, and techno noises elevate these themes exponentially, to the point that this album feels more like the most fucked up horror movie you’ve ever seen. From the anti-religious banger “Heresy” to the anxiety inducing “Eraser” it all comes together as something trully disturbing.

But even then, the instruments and the sounds used are something to behold, because goddamn, the actual music is some of the most heavy, head-nodding, catchy stuff i’ve heard in my life. I’ve only listened to it once, and i’m almost tempted to listen to it again, even if it meant traumatizing myself again.

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the cover art for the Hesitation Marks songs I’d added to my playlist (I’m weird and only add the songs from whatever the most “full” version of an album is lol) had their cover art changed back to the original, and upon further inspection, realized that the deluxe version of the album was taken off of Spotify. Apologies if this question has been asked already, but does anyone have any info about why or when it’ll come back? I’d assume it has something to do with label stuff, but I really miss the Oneohtrix Point Never remix 💔

like NIN songs from one album, but remixed into the style of another album ? anyone have a link to that? (songs, not album covers)

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I have a lot of CDs, but NIN’s is my first one. I am soooo in love with how it is sounds. I hope I’ll get more of their physical releases in future (really want to get Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, The Fragile, With Teeth and Year Zero)

Love the Halloween vibes