Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero
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Eric R. Danton wrote in his Hartford Courant blog Sound Check: "Nine Inch Nails' new project isn't just an album. 'Year Zero' is a multi-platform work of art that envisions a dystopian United States about 15 years in the future, where citizens are pacified by way of a drug added to the water supply to 'protect' against bioterrorism, and the world is shadowed by the Presence — what appears to witnesses to be a giant hand descending from the heavens. Trent Reznor and co. have gone to great lengths to create their alternate reality, including leaking music on USB drives left in bathrooms at NIN concerts in Europe and building layer upon layer of official looking websites. Even the CD portion of 'Year Zero' feeds into the concept. There's a warning label on the back from the 'United States Bureau of Morality' with a number to call to report people who have 'engaged in subversive acts.' … What's scary is that this doesn't seem as far-fetched as it should. …"
Listening to Year Zero reminds me of songs by the great Frank Zappa like "Who Are the Brain Police?" and "Concentration Moon" — different attitude, but pretty much the same nightmare.
Eric R. Danton wrote in his Hartford Courant blog Sound Check: "Nine Inch Nails' new project isn't just an album. 'Year Zero' is a multi-platform work of art that envisions a dystopian United States about 15 years in the future, where citizens are pacified by way of a drug added to the water supply to 'protect' against bioterrorism, and the world is shadowed by the Presence — what appears to witnesses to be a giant hand descending from the heavens. Trent Reznor and co. have gone to great lengths to create their alternate reality, including leaking music on USB drives left in bathrooms at NIN concerts in Europe and building layer upon layer of official looking websites. Even the CD portion of 'Year Zero' feeds into the concept. There's a warning label on the back from the 'United States Bureau of Morality' with a number to call to report people who have 'engaged in subversive acts.' … What's scary is that this doesn't seem as far-fetched as it should. …"
Listening to Year Zero reminds me of songs by the great Frank Zappa like "Who Are the Brain Police?" and "Concentration Moon" — different attitude, but pretty much the same nightmare.
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