Nine Inc Nails Delivers Digitally

This morning i downloaded the new nine inch nails album, 'the slip'. i downloaded it legit from the website and it was free! trent reznor (nin's front man and master mind had this to say about the album on his website.

thank you for you continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on me

i listened to half of it on the on the way to school. i'm liking it. this album is the second digital release from nine inch nails, and the first one to be completely free. i wish we would have seen this sooner, i love the idea of taking out the middle man, (much like my post below about wii-ware)its a great way of cutting costs in a world where everything is getting more and more expensive. like i said, i wish we would have seen this before but i think that mainly had to do with cutting away from the universal music group. ever since their contract has been expired, trent reznor has released two full length albums under his new vanity label 'the null corporation'. the first album of course being his monster sized ambient album 'ghosts i-iv' which is reminiscent of the still album, which was a short remake and ambient disc that came packaged with the deluxe edition of the bands live album, 'and all that could have been'. but i slip, back to 'the slip'... what a wonderful transition =). This album very much mid to late 2000s nine inch nails. the fuzzy base we've come to love (or not so much) is ever present in almost every track, while trent's haunting piano cuts the feed back and distortion beautifully. i my self have tried putting grand piano with hall effects in my own work that is soaked with feed back and i can never seem to do it right... i guess that's why hes got the record deal and the company and the millions of dollars. i'm really excited to see what the future is going to bring for digital download albums, thank god for radiohead's 'in rainbows' for getting the ball rolling with this viable media for music. however, i want to reiterate that i think nine inch nails would have been the first successful band to offer a download able album if it weren't for their ex-parent record label who forbid them from doing so. if you have any free hard drive space and the slightest love of music, i recommend downloading 'the slip' from www.nin.com, its free, and its great. below i posted a fan made video of the first single 'discipline' off of the new nin album 'the slip'. why a fan made video you ask? this video has been circulating the net and being labeled as 'the official music video' for the song, which it is most certainly not, but its goddamn hilarious. what especially makes it hilarious is the fact that everyone thinks its actually the official release. something tells me trent has seen this and probably loves it. enjoy, cheers!