Bad Witch LP, out June 22 (thread pt 3) SPOILERS

[mikeyjt]

Anyone else feel like Shit Mirror has a weirdly like ... almost rockabilly feel to it? Like industrial ... rockabilly? Rhythmically it feels unusually like very retro rock, swung beat music for NIN, which is a great and crazy synthesis. Piggy obviously has a lot of swing to it but it's not at such a mid-fast tempo. The closest in feel is maybe Capital G but even that doesn't catch the strangely retro vibe that those toms have for me.

Gives be TBOTE vibes.. with more of a dark chocolate thiccness

[Pbgut]

Gives be TBOTE vibes.. with more of a dark chocolate thiccness

Yesss. It does have that vibe, duh on me. But yeah, more swing and more crunchiness, or as you put it ... dark chocolate thiccness.

[LosingFocus]

Anyone else feel like Shit Mirror has a weirdly like ... almost rockabilly feel to it? Like industrial ... rockabilly? Rhythmically it feels unusually like very retro rock, swung beat music for NIN, which is a great and crazy synthesis. Piggy obviously has a lot of swing to it but it's not at such a mid-fast tempo.

I’m with you. It’s a mad distorted punk rock synthabilly behemoth of a track.

[mikeyjt]

Okay, I reversed this section in Audition and I think it says, "Whatever's there for them, inside." WTF?!

Oooh. Could u pls post audio?

[niggo]

Is Ahead of Ourselves the first NIN song that's kind of traditionally fading out? Can't think of any other song in their catalogue right now.

[Microwave Jellyfish]

Anyone else getting flashbacks to that last Tweaker album from Play The Goddamned Part?

[ninjaw]

My mind : It's mostly slow/ambiant but I kinda love it, and even feel better with GBDD now that we can put it with others. I felt instant love with I'm Not From This World, one of the most frightening instrumentals with hidden Ghosts tracks.

[HWB]

There is something very emotional about Over And Out to me, just wow

[Fred]

This is incredible and I can't wait to go get the vinyl on Friday. I can think of few other artists who have released such an obscure, demanding work after such a long career. Miles Davis, Scott Walker and David Bowie are obvious examples. Even on Broken and TDS, Trent's pop leanings were more on display than they are here. Here, the arguably most accessible song is Shit Mirror, and that's still a far cry from, say, Closer.

This could easily be Trent's artistic peak for me. He's clearly not interested in crafting singles or catering to mainstream audience here. Instead, he and Atticus have created a masterpiece that doesn't outstay its welcome, and appears to draw lines to stuff like Throbbing Gristle, Coil and even more avant-garde stuff like Art Zoyd, or the aforementioned Miles Davis. It's sort of everything Ghosts should have been. What a ride.

[Bachy]

“Shit Mirror.”

[mikeyjt]

Is Ahead of Ourselves the first NIN song that's kind of traditionally fading out? Can't think of any other song in their catalogue right now.

Last I can think of was Discipline.

[jmtd]

I hate when things get leaky when I only have an iPhone around.

True story: HM leaked whilst I was on honeymoon. I had an Android tablet with me, a Google Nexus 7, first gen. I managed to download and unpack the ZIP on it, and was planning to listen on the plane home. Back then that airline insisted on electronic devices being turned off for takeoff, and that generation of Nexus 7 had a ludicrious bug that meant it would not power on unless you had a microusb cable attached. And I didn't have a microusb cable with me in the cabin. So I had the leak on the tablet, but couldn't power the damn tablet on.

On topic: I think there's potential for some great remixes of this material!

[Damage]

I want to fuck this album

Careful it fucks back!

[Mataxia]

This album is a work of art.

[gone]

phwoar!
Please let them play - I'm Not from this world
at RAH

[mikeyjt]

This album is a work of art.

Speaking of art. Really keen on seeing the album art..

I saw someone posted on fb that they thought people had started to receive their vinyls.

Fake news?

[Haysey_Draws]

I caved (found the full thing on YT)...i'm going to need a few listens to process this but Shit Mirror and Ahead of Ourselves are stand outs right now. GBDTD is starting to work for me and i can't wait to hear some remixes eventually!

[ninjaw]

I hate when things get leaky when I only have an iPhone around.
Cant wait to listen. Your descriptions sound good.

You really should buy a real phone. It helps. In this case it helps a lot.

[Rabbithole]

I'm trying very hard to hold out till Meltdown on Friday... You guys aren't making it easy!

[dlb]

Damnit, first two listens in and I don't seem to like it. Funny enough I held out on listening to God Break Down the Door and find it to be a favorite so far. Hope this one is a grower and I'll appreciate the songs more after I saw some of them live. I'm rather fond of Shit Mirror though.

[imail724]

Is Ahead of Ourselves the first NIN song that's kind of traditionally fading out? Can't think of any other song in their catalogue right now.

[nooneimportant]

What the hell is this shit?

Spoiler: I LOVE IT

[fillow]

Ahead of Ourselves has some awkward drum fills that makes me feel TR did them live himself.

Over and Out is like a compilation of various NIN sounds from the past 20 years:
- drumbeat reminding of Echoplex and later VMOE,
- synth noises from Ghosts (#35 aka A Familiar Taste in particular),
- something that sounds like strings plucking - a sound found extensively on HM and TGWTDT,
- another synth melody sounding very much like Empty Places Reprise from GG
- the magnificent ending, similar to Leaving Hope munis whale noises

[Lerxto]

Over and Out needs to be praised more.
Shit Mirror, Ahead of Ourselves and God Break Down the Door should be staples this tour.
Not sure how Over and Out will translate live, but it'd be a great closing track like LITS tour, namely In This Twilight/Zero-Sum.

[Space Suicide]

My package for this, NTAE and AV vinyl copies were mailed yesterday. Will await link from NIN before I listen.

[sweeterthan]

Over and Out is like a compilation of various NIN sounds from the past 20 years:
- drumbeat reminding of Echoplex and later VMOE,
- synth noises from Ghosts (#35 aka A Familiar Taste in particular),
- something that sounds like strings plucking - a sound found extensively on HM and TGWTDT,
- another synth melody sounding very much like Empty Places Reprise from GG
- the magnificent ending, similar to Leaving Hope munis whale noises

well when you put that way, i worry this kid is right.

There’s no way this isn’t the final NIN album.

Over and Out feels like an end.

[WorzelG]

Just got confirmation my cd has been dispatched, will try and hold out till then as I hate using dodgy sites that end up trying to install endless malware on my laptop

[StockAvuryah]

I hate when things get leaky when I only have an iPhone around.


Cant wait to listen. Your descriptions sound good.

What ? Here's the app I use for this kind of file (.zip for example..) : Documents (by Readdle).

And if you can't even use the download website, there's certainly another one which works (like mega)

Gotta just search around for solutions.

[witte]

Speaking of art. Really keen on seeing the album art..

I saw someone posted on fb that they thought people had started to receive their vinyls.

Fake news?

No, I received today this message: vinyl & T shirt (exactly what I ordered a couple of weeks ago)


Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk

[BrokenSpiral]

What ? Here's the app I use for this kind of file (.zip for example..) : Documents (by Readdle).

And if you can't even use the download website, there's certainly another one which works (like mega)

Gotta just search around for solutions.

My hero.