NIN/Trent Reznor release new album: the slip
Trent has done it again. He just released Ghosts a few months ago, and the ink is barely dry on the limited edition box sets. He’s just released two singles in the past month or so (Echoplex, Discipline) and today just released another entire album online. For free of course, and without a record label. The album is called the slip.
Go download it and check it out. I haven’t listened to it yet asides from the singles. Downloading now myself.
I am shocked at how fast he’s able to move and release things now (being free of heroin/drugs and record companies helps!)
My personal guess is that this upcoming tour will be the biggest and best that NIN has ever had. I’d say that they are mainstream music already, but what he is doing is really helping break down barrier even more and bring more people into his music. I can’t wait to see what he does next.
Update: In downloading it I’m noticing that Trent is doing a few amazingly smart things. First he’s requiring your email address. He’s also allowing for lossless and higher than CD quality WAV downloads (24bit/96khz). And he has a simple sharing thing to email it to friends. Simple, but surely effective and smart.
He is also using bittorrent as a distribution method for all but the smallest downloads. This is a clear illustration that bittorrent is not always used for piracy, and that ISPs/Campuses should not block/filter/throttle such legitimate services.