Less Than

[streetman]

FYI you did a racism.

WTF? The girl in the video looks nothing like Mariqueen. LOL!

[Alex of scotland]

http://www.minotaurproject.co.uk/Virtual/Polybius.php

I remember Llamasoft.
Especially attack of the Mutant Camels.

[Alex of scotland]

Also, Showing my age...... Drum base is very similar to the Sisters of Mercy track "Dominion".

[Toadflax]

Also, Showing my age...... Drum base is very similar to the Sisters of Mercy track "Dominion".

Cool video but it's just Mariqueen running around with a bunch of emus (and Justin Timberlake from the Dick In A Box video).

[hellospaceboy]

The stretching monitor at the end reminds me of Videodrome, which is one of my all time favorite movies so I don't mind

The song is also excellent, I'm very excited for this EP. Love the cover art too!

[notsoprettynow]

I was talking more about the level of complexity/creativity rather than "vibe". It's super repetitive, and the while it's layered, the dynamics feel really predictable. It also feels over-produced and there isn't anything really novel about the song.

I appear to be in the minority though, so I will shut up for now.

I am with you.
To me this song even is a bit disappointing.

It's relying on the "catchy NIN song"-formula.
Nice Synthie, and it sounds fresh (or Retro). But actually, all in all, it really is predictable.

I don't want to be the killjoy, but of course personally I liked every single track on NTAE a lot more.
But also every Song on HM. Including "Everything" actually. Both songs are cheesy. But this one is even more generic.

[Toadflax]

I am with you.
To me this song even is a bit disappointing.

It's relying on the "catchy NIN song"-formula.
Nice Synthie, and it sounds fresh (or Retro). But actually, all in all, it really is predictable.

I don't want to be the killjoy, but of course personally I liked every single track on NTAE a lot more.
But also every Song on HM. Including "Everything" actually. Both songs are cheesy. But this one is even more generic.

*reads post* Totally fair criticism.
*reads username* Wait.

[BRoswell]

Dig it. Love it. Want some more of it.

[xolotl]

Dig it.

No no, that's that other band...

[WorzelG]

*reads post* Totally fair criticism.
*reads username* Wait.

Yes I find this song quite immediate but also a grower. Before I could listen to it I was really worried because someone said it was like THTF and Not so Pretty Now, neither of which I really like at all. Weirdly NSPN I find the lyrics quite moving but don't like the music

[GentlemanLoser]

Does Mariqueen have backing vocals at the end?

I think this might be pitch-shifted Trent.

[Toadflax]

I think this might be pitch-shifted Trent.

He said it's Sharlotte and some other women. One of them might be Mariqueen, but he didn't mention her.

[laz001]

https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=...BXAxS-SBciLHE8

[GentlemanLoser]

I dig the old school "Tempest"-style video game in the video. I like the track; definitely have to give it a few more listens.

Well this is a Llamasoft game shown in the video. That's Minter's video game company right? I think they made a version of Tempast.

[Toadflax]

Well this is a Llamasoft game shown in the video. That's Minter's video game company right? I think they made a version of Tempast.

In case it's not clear, Polybius actually is a 2016 PS4 game created by Llamasoft. Obviously, both the Llamasoft game and NIN's use of it are in reference to the legend, but the footage in Less Than originates from the 2016 game.

[Jetvet1975]

Love this song...it has a little bit of everything as a few of you said earlier. It's a little PHM meets With Teeth meets HM meets NTAE. My only issue is, I hate when Trent or any of my other favorite bands get too political. Mostly because my politics are often different than their's and it creates an internal conflict for me! Now I don't want to start a whole political discussion, because I know I'm in the minority based on comments I've seen on here in the past and I don't want to start some shit storm about politics. We can all agree to disagree. If you're open-minded enough, opposing views should be able to work together to achieve a common goal. I didn't start listening to NIN because Trent was political, I started listening because his music kicks the ass of every other artist out there. I was a 14 year old kid living in upstate NY when PHM came out and I was blown away! I had never heard anything like NIN before, and still to this day, no one comes close to rivaling him in my eyes. I can appreciate his view point on topics we might disagree on and he destroys it musically, so I have no choice but to rock out to it!

[slave2thewage]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(video_game) - some background info.

[mfte]

[Kyle]

I guess I'm somewhere in between. I like the song but I don't think it's omg best thing he's ever done

[GrayscaleRain]

Solid! I like it! It is a bit immediate, very "single", but it might just be the kind of release this will be (a more straight forward, rock-ish, produced EP compared to the dirty, distorted, experimental stuff from the last one). It always bugs me how everyone makes comparisons to the WT era stuff in the negative (considering that after all this time, that's still my favorite album, though I am biased since that was the first NEW album that came out after finding the band). I don't feel like it sounds like the WT era stuff, though.

I'd compare it to CBH? But it doesn't really sound like that either? Like, it's definitively NIN, which is really all you can say about it.

Still, it's catchy and fun to listen to. I'm curious what the rest of the EP will sound like.

Edit: Also, Trent and Co. are giant nerds. That is all. ;p

[Trento]

Regarding the video: since I saw '2001: a space odyssey' and the first time I smoked marijuana, I do not see anything so psychedelic.

[thevoid99]

I fucking love the song and the video. BTW, is that woman in the video Aubrey Plaza?

[Volk]

Regarding the video: since I saw '2001: a space odyssey' and the first time I smoked marijuana, I do not see anything so psychedelic.

Should watched Pink Floyd - The Wall

The new song is quite catchy...can't wait for the rest of the EP.

[Toadflax]

I fucking love the song and the video. BTW, is that woman in the video Aubrey Plaza?

No, but she does wear makeup to play video games, so we should hang out.

[thevoid99]

She looks like Aubrey Plaza.

[millionmilesaway]

first listen it i'snt grabbing me like NTAE did. The floating arms in the video remind me of the presence

[xmpx_]

#9 on trending youtube

[SuperNINtendo Chalmers]

Sometimes I need to listen to things over and over before I love them. Sometimes I'm in love before the chorus hits. This is one of those times. More, please!

[elevenism]

I love it and I expect to love the deeper cuts more.
I almost always do.

Also, this song kind of fits into my theory about there being some type of like microcosm of evolution between these three eps, with the sound changing to kind of reflect different eras.

[kevinbeetle]

I'm hearing "needful" instead of "before" here. Anyone else?

"Needful" is what's in the official lyric embedded inside the track's tags.

Fixed