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The New Nine Inch Nails’ “Physical Component” Caused a Huge Mess, While Pissing Off Fans…
Nine Inch Nails, which is now both Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, ended 2016 with a bang when they not only released a new EP, Not the Actual Events, but also all of their albums on vinyl.
One of the items for sale, however, was “a unique limited edition digital and physical component version” of Not the Actual Events. It was $12. Looking at the product page, one would assume that the physical component would be a CD, although it doesn’t actually specify that in the description.
Said physical component begun arriving to fans across the world yesterday afternoon, and many were none too happy. As suggested in the description, the envelope did not contain a CD, but instead a bunch of art covered in black dust, which many have described as “printer toner”. Many users on reddit were so angry that they’re giving away their purchase as they just wanted a physical copy of the album.
The argument pursuant with this publicity stunt is that Reznor didn’t want to release just another CD that would become a NIN fan’s coaster, but instead wanted to release a one-of-a-kind piece of art that none of his fans would ever forget (I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t forget paying $12 to be “glitter bombed” by Trent Reznor).
Being that the new Nine Inch Nails EP was immediately made available on platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify, is it fair that Reznor charged fans $12 for some soot and images that arrived month after the fact? How do you guys feel about this experimental release?
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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