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Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism (Island)
UK release date: 9 April 2007
Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism

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Hot on the heels of a storming tour (if the gig we caught at Brixton Academy is anything to go by) Nine Inch Nails are back with Survivalism, the first single taken from their new album Year Zero, due out on 16 April.

Described as "[an album] that began as an experiment with noise on a laptop and led to a daydream about the end of the world," Survivalism is, perhaps surprisingly, more upbeat and commercially tuneful than some of Trent Reznor's previous work, with a good repetitive intro riff and almost a dance influence coming through in the background electronics. Not to mention no rude words to keep it away from the radio.

It's still unmistakably Nine Inch Nails though, industrial soundscapes and heavy beats to carry you into the night, a familiar noise to soundtrack your fears of the future. The combination bodes well for the album: if all its 16 tracks are as good as this, then we're in for a treat.

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