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Trent Reznor is one of the most important artists of the last 20 years. For what he did with the music and for what he has done around music. These are the years in which the form and manner in which we receive and the sounds are as important as , if not more of the substance. And Reznor played a lot with the shape of the music of his Nine Inch Nails has arsed record companies , displacing and anticipating industry : gave it , he used USB drives , file sharing applications and before all the other ( while these same " other " gave him the fool) . He used the band's name as a brand . But never without forgetting the substance : why Nine Inch Nails have built a unique sound , with great songs and great live performances.
A preamble to say that you are born and you end incendiary fire : to appreciate this " Hesitation marks" must forget the shape. The first album in 5 years the group ( which is actually Reznor always accompanied by other musicians ) arrives in the simplest way possible : published by a major label - Columbia in America , EMI / Universal from us. Of course, in the network band has circulated a lot of stuff lately ( records of evidence of the tour) . But in this round , there is very little in the form of innovative - if not the idea of making available a version of " uncompressed " audiophile disc , for sale only on the band's website .
And, even in substance, there is almost nothing innovative . But it is a "nothing" that dope because " Hesitation marks" is a beautifully hard conservative, where you can find all the elements that have made love NIN . "They are a copy of a copy of a copy," Reznor sings at the beginning of the disc , perhaps it is not only the usual imaginary dark and gloomy , repeated at the title (the " Hesitation marks" are light wounds of a suicide bomber who hesitates before inflicting the fatal blow ) .
There is the union of violent electronic and rock that once someone called "industrial " and that today is only a kind sound that almost nobody knows how to juggle Reznor . What should not be forgotten , is not only a great arranger but a songwriter . Even when it engages in the pop- punk Cure, as in " Everything" , he knows exactly how to handle the matter . Then, when it does what you'd expect , the result is breathtaking : the final suite "I would for you" / "In the two" / " While I'm Still Here " / " Black Noise " is a true jewel of claustrophobia sound .
Just as there is no form unsettling , in " Hesitation marks" there is not even any " Closer" , no " Hurt " . Even if there were , perhaps not notice it : the songs have left their mark thanks to the time they were posted , then why were not only great, but different from all the rest . Today, Nine Inch Nails are more "normal" . Inutule Reznor ask to have the same force and disruptive nature of " Downward spiral " . We are content with the fact that here we are just great songs , produced and played the way God : and it is a great consolation .
(Ps: in an interview, Reznor said: "Our music is not free , it costs five cents , it costs a dollar. Worth $ 10. If you do not like it , go fuck yourself " - think about it, the real innovation in the form of this record is to reaffirm the value of music , something that you can afford only after it has been donated . )
TRACKLIST
"The eater of dreams "
"Copy of a "
" Came back haunted "
"Find My Way "
"All time low "
"Disappointed"
"Everything"
"Satellite"
" Various methods of escape"
"Running"
"I would for you"
" In two"
" While I'm still here"
"Black noise"
