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Jul. 26th, 2005 07:44 pmThinking about the new NIN.
I've been listening to it sporadically, interspersed with Broken, The Downward Spiral, and The Fragile. (Alas, of Pretty Hate Machine all I enjoy anymore are the first three songs and "Sin").
Anyway. With Teeth is above average, but not exceptional. Which I think is why it hasn't grabbed me in the same way as, say, TDS, which has moments of such astounding, exceptional power that your breath is taken away.
But With Teeth is solid.
The only song that has really grabbed me is "Right Where it Belongs"--from the first moment I heard it at the listening party, I knew that song was exceptional. Of the others, "The Hand That Feeds," "Only," "Sunspots," and "The Line Begins to Blur" are all very good.
Some of the other songs are actually boring or annoying, which is a first for me with NIN; for example, I skip "Awitha Teetha" every time is comes on.
But I'm realizing that I really do like the record overall. The good songs are indeed very good.
I guess I'm starting to "get" this album more, to accept it on its own terms rather than being sad that it's missing the utterly fucked up insanity and passion of TDS. It's an album from a person who is more "together," a person who has grown, and one thing that's great about NIN is that Trent doesn't repeat himself. His work is a reflection of himself, and it grows with him, and that's impressive and challenging--even if I haven't grown the same way, and so don't quite relate the way I once did.
Anyway, the point is that NIN tickets for the Philadelphia show go on sale tomorrow at noon to fan club members. Cross your fingers for me. :)
I've been listening to it sporadically, interspersed with Broken, The Downward Spiral, and The Fragile. (Alas, of Pretty Hate Machine all I enjoy anymore are the first three songs and "Sin").
Anyway. With Teeth is above average, but not exceptional. Which I think is why it hasn't grabbed me in the same way as, say, TDS, which has moments of such astounding, exceptional power that your breath is taken away.
But With Teeth is solid.
The only song that has really grabbed me is "Right Where it Belongs"--from the first moment I heard it at the listening party, I knew that song was exceptional. Of the others, "The Hand That Feeds," "Only," "Sunspots," and "The Line Begins to Blur" are all very good.
Some of the other songs are actually boring or annoying, which is a first for me with NIN; for example, I skip "Awitha Teetha" every time is comes on.
But I'm realizing that I really do like the record overall. The good songs are indeed very good.
I guess I'm starting to "get" this album more, to accept it on its own terms rather than being sad that it's missing the utterly fucked up insanity and passion of TDS. It's an album from a person who is more "together," a person who has grown, and one thing that's great about NIN is that Trent doesn't repeat himself. His work is a reflection of himself, and it grows with him, and that's impressive and challenging--even if I haven't grown the same way, and so don't quite relate the way I once did.
Anyway, the point is that NIN tickets for the Philadelphia show go on sale tomorrow at noon to fan club members. Cross your fingers for me. :)
