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When I first heard "Shit Mirror," it sounded so muddied and noisy at first, then began to clear up, and it bothered me. While playing the 3 of these releases in order, I realized the noise at the end of "The Background World" fades into the opening of "Shit Mirror" very well, then the clearing up seems to be intentional.
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Not sure if anyone has posted theirs yet, but the JB Hifi exclusive signed postcard is pretty cool!
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I got an email and SMS yesterday, was delivered lunchtime today.Originally Posted by sonic_discord
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I caved. I took my dog, and my over-ear headphones, and walked in the dark on a nearby trail listening to Bad Witch as loudly as comfortably possible.
I think I can say that not only is this easily my favorite of the trilogy, but this is probably one of the best NIN releases in the entire catalog for me. I'm gonna listen to the LP ten times tomorrow, and between now and October I'm making it my goal to get tickets to all three nights in Chicago, because if there's a chance to see a single one of these songs from the floor of the Aragon Ballroom, I absolutely have to be there again. Before I retire to bed, a couple thoughts...
- "Shit Mirror" NEEDS to open at least one of the set lists this fall.
- GBDTD suddenly sounds way, WAY better in context.
- For one brief second, I also freaked out and thought Peter Murphy was on "Over and Out" - absolutely beautiful.
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Imagine how badass Shit Mirror could sound with Ilan Rubin's drumming and Robin's guitar.
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Thank you.
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Okay, some thoughts after a couple spins:
-"God Break Down The Door" is definitely the obvious single, even though it's not typical single material.
-"Shit Mirror" reminds me a bit of a noisier Queens Of The Stone Age track. Maybe it's the hand claps.
-"I'm Not From This World" is probably my favorite track. Such a journey, and so many awesome sounds!
-The end of "Over And Out" reminds me a bit of the end of "45:33" by LCD Soundsystem. Trent had mentioned that he and Atticus had gone to see them perform recently, and he's obviously a fan since he had DFA remix The Hand That Feeds, so I'm curious if that might have influenced it.
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This. And the trilogy all together is one of their best works, for real.
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Holy shit you're right about that LCD Soundsystem reference, now that I think about it, I was getting those vibes too
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You guys are making it real hard to wait for that LP to arrive in a number of hours.
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Just listened to Bad Witch from my download link for the first time and am highly pleased
I didn't think too much of the first 2 EPs but this one truly feels like a new direction for NIN. It's got a great mix of industrial noise and 80s synths. The saxophones and horns in the middle give it a Kid A feel which makes it seem more experimental to me.
There's a lot of variation across all the tracks but it feels like a journey rather than a bunch of tracks put together.
There is little here that reminds me of previous NIN releases which is good for me. Trent does tend to fall back on some similar sounding solos or guitar sounds but thankfully that doesn't really happen here. Another reason it feels like a new direction and sound.
Can't wait to hear the vinyl
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Received it yesterday, correct vinyl, well-fitting shirt... and cool buttons. That's a five-out-five lucky streak with the NINstore for me, if we don't count that thing with the shirt that did or did not exist at one point.
Still no download link e-mail, though.
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hehWHY BUY FROM NIN.COM? WE'RE OFFERING YOU THE CHOICE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY MP3, LOSSLESS FLAC AND WAV FILES, DIRECT FROM US.
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Email the store. They sent me a copy of the original email, looks like it didn’t come through for some reason
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It was the same for me.
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Time to log back on to ets to give my opinion on a new NIN release, then disappear again for however long:
This is easily my favourite of the triptych. I actually think it's my favourite NIN in a while - and I've been pretty fucking pleased with pretty much every release except WT. But I can't remember feeling this excited about new NIN material since YZ. The sound was amazing. Bowie-infused jazzpunk...or something. I loved it. My only criticism is that it wasn't a full length, 14 track album that sounded like this. But I'll take what we got and say thankyou.
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What about lyrics? I preordered from iTunes and 4 of the 6 tracks don't have embedded lyrics.
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lol. are the cricket noises in INFTW “Judy” noises from Twin Peaks? Would make the name funnier
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No lyrics and since WAVs don't really do much in the way metadata anyway, I wouldn't know about the embedded ones.
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People complaining about CDs -> woops just had to wait a few days
People complaining about DLs -> woops just had to wait for the release
Hopefully these people can now enjoy the music fully without worry. And come back here to share their opinion.
I'm Not From This World is remarkably a great pleasure every listen through the record, and every listen has a different mood to it.
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Why did no one tell me NIN had finally made a jazz album, this is amazing
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"Play the goddamned part" is obviously about Trent Reznor needing to play the goddamn saxophone parts.
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Here's my strange review ....
'I'm not from this world'... I love this new track, I love how many elements and sounds there are.
Listening to it makes me feel like I am in a different place, a place which sets the pace for you. The further you go the more you discover. Sometimes you get sidetracked but you always get back to moving at the pace that's been set for you to follow, no matter how distracted or off track you get. It's almost as if a machine is controlling the pace, but it doesn't control everything. By the end of the track the pace fades and then abruptly ends.
'Over and Out'
Gord Downie (a very very very well respected Canadian artist who recently passed away due to cancer) put out an album just before his death. The album was a true story about a native american boy who was placed in a government school and separated from his family.... the boy ran away and tried to find his way back home but died while trying to find his way through the forest.
Anyways... Gord ended the album with a track 'Here, Here, and Here'. This is the final track and it's the track where the boy dies. (Album is titled 'Secret Path' 2017)
When I listen to NIN 'Over and out' it reminds me of 'Here, Here, and Here' because what we have is a person in the final final final stages of death, and then death itself... the final parts of the song is the person dying and fading away.
Trent makes it sound peaceful, like energy waves simply expanding and dancing outwards and away. Fading and disappearing.
I'm 36, married, and I have 4 and 2 year old children... death is becoming something more real for me. I could die at 40, 50, 60... 90. I don't know.
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Sorry if we already covered this, but I just got to listen to Bad Witch. I recognized Play The Goddamned Part as being one of the songs they were playing at the physical world ticket buying events.
Which song was the other one? There were 2 playing on a loop, but I was so fuckin out of it by then.
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I'm 38 with a 3 year old. I think about this everyday.
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Ahead of Ourselves
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Just turned 40 with 11.8 and 3 y/o kids. Think about it every freaking hour.
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I think we're supposed to go buy a convertible or something.
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Ahead of Ourselves is such a fuckin' banger. That chorus ... Trent's vocal effects ... good lord, I love this song.
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Anyone else hearing "Are you what is staring back at you?" as the first line of the Shit Mirror chorus?
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