Keep It Together

[The Reason Being]

I wonder what gives with the download being still up on Soundcloud... They must know that 538 people have downloaded the track for free.

[Leviathant]

Because it's super unusual for Trent Reznor to post his music online for free.

[sheepdean]

Because it's super unusual for Trent Reznor to post his music online for free.

ETS: The only place where people complain about paid tracks, free tracks, unreleased tracks AND released tracks.

[gorast]

I liked that Zane shit on Trent a little bit after that 98% figure, considering we heard almost the same thing a year ago. 2015 indeed.

[WorzelG]

The fact that this was announced and first aired in the UK makes me more hopeful for an international tour of some nature

[Shnoorum]

Because it's super unusual for Trent Reznor to post his music online for free.

I still feel kind of bad about yoinking it like that. Intentional or not. I'll buy the single first thing tomorrow I promise

[marodi]

I wonder what gives with the download being still up on Soundcloud... They must know that 538 people have downloaded the track for free.

What Leviathant said and also, I've been thinking: TR & Co know that their fanbase is full of nerds who would have rip the song anyway after it had aired. Maybe they just want to people to listen to good quality version of the song instead of cheap quality?

Just a thought...

About the song itself: like others have said it's very Year Zero-ish and I like that. I dig the calmness of it.

[slave2thewage]

Eh, I'm buying the EP anyway so I might just download this.

[marodi]

^^

Same here.

[The Reason Being]

It's super unusual for a free download to be left up by a band that also has that same song coming out the next day as a paid... download.

But who needs logic anyways. Free tunes! And i'm pretty sure no one's complaining. I'm definitely not

[thelastdisciple]

I don't get any Year Zero feels from this :[

[PhoenixML]

That's it? A boring Even Deeper/Me I'm Not/Great Good/anything boring from Ghosts or soundtrack/anything boring from the first EP-esque song?

That was worth waiting two years!

[/joking-ish / overeacting a little bit / have a sense of humour / simply not my cup of tea in the end]

[Shnoorum]

I don't get any Year Zero feels from this :[

I'm not getting much of a feel of anything NIN from this. As I said earlier, it reminds me a lot of "Drops of Shame" from the Silent Hill 4 OST. The drummy things (Marvel at the extent of my musicy knowlegde!) have a huge similarity in my opinion

[jrdsctt]

So the track I downloaded off of their soundcloud has the artist name tagged as "How to destroy angels_". Is that how they are labeling it now?

[arsenic]

So the track I downloaded off of their soundcloud has the artist name tagged as "How to destroy angels_". Is that how they are labeling it now?

apparently, yes. Read the note below
http://pitchfork.com/news/48122-list...p-it-together/

[The Reason Being]

The beginning reminds me of one of the Closer remixes, forgot which one. But still, i'm feeling this track a lot

[Shnoorum]

Also, I'd also like to point out that this is in no way dance music

[jrdsctt]

apparently, yes. Read the note below
http://pitchfork.com/news/48122-list...p-it-together/

Ugh, I dislike when bands change stuff like that. The purest in me likes to keep everything properly tagged in my music library so then everything isn't all grouped together.

[Leviathant]

It's super unusual for a free download to be left up by a band that also has that same song coming out the next day as a paid... download.

But who needs logic anyways. Free tunes! And i'm pretty sure no one's complaining. I'm definitely not

Just putting it out there - I haven't had to pay for a Nine Inch Nails release since With Teeth, but that's never stopped me. I think he knows that even once it's available for download, it will be copied by those who will copy. And NIN fans are certainly savvy enough that bypassing Soundcloud would only stall a dedicated downloader by about 90 seconds, and then it's on filesharing networks where downloads can't be tracked. With that in mind, I think it makes sense to post it on Soundcloud with a download option.

[sheepdean]

apparently, yes. Read the note below
http://pitchfork.com/news/48122-list...p-it-together/

That ... is kinda pretentious.

Probably the first negative thing I've said about the band/collective

[jessamineny]

Actually, I think it is interesting that it's a free download on SoundCloud a day before the paid download is available, since the band is on a label now. They must have negotiated a pretty kick-ass contract.

[Maul]

Oh men,both voices complement each other so good.I dig the vocals a lot more than the ones from the first EP.

[richardp]

Really reminds me of Massive Attack. I like it.

[Virtua Afro DJ]

I'm surprised more people haven't seen music videos like that. Either debut stuff or people filming a vinyl playing.

Example:

[jhulud]

[butter_hole]

for people putting this on their iPod, you can keep the tags as How to destroy angels_ but if you make the album artist in the tags as How To Destroy Angels - it should stay together as the same artist. i think.

[thelastdisciple]

for people putting this on their iPod, you can keep the tags as How to destroy angels_ but if you make the album artist in the tags as How To Destroy Angels - it should stay together as the same artist. i think.

I just went and updated their first EP to the lowercase and _ style that's all.

[BRoswell]

Oh no! The names have underscores in them! What ever will I do? I wasn't that bothered by it, but I DID change it in iTunes just for the sake of organization.

Okay, first off: I don't feel bad about downloading it from Soundcloud. They obviously want people to download it or else they wouldn't have made the download an option. Whose to say it won't be taken off there tomorrow when it gets officially released? Second, I love this track, and based on it, I WILL be buying the EP when it comes out next month.

[DigitalChaos]

For iTunes and any connected players... yea it shows as a different artist. It took all of 5 seconds to batch change all the ID3 tags.

[carpenoctem]

I dig the downtempo grooviness of this. I hate to keep comparing it to NIN, but my first impression was of a slower, mellow, sexier Even Deeper. And I love that his vocals are more prominent. I think he and Mariqueen sharing vocal duty is the most interesting part of this project. Anyway, this is not a paradigm shift for Trent, but maybe it's time to stop expecting one from him. How many artists have a sound as clearly defined and recognizable as him? If it ain't broke...