Needle is an intense return to his previous lo-fi recording style, referred to as a purging of all other creative ideas moving into the writing process of the upcoming album Antlers.
"Basically you take cold salt water and layer warm freshwater over it, injecting condensed milk into the tank around where the two meet. It was an incredibly interesting experiment and I just wish we had better equipment and had been able to capture it better. Looked pretty cool"
New MV put now for the song is SH from the highly regarded loved by all who hear it masterpiece album of "indie" folk: My Glass Materials
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We are Legion
"-but as we started prepping I realized I cared more about getting the video uploaded and seen than I did getting my only outlet banned from the platform, so I improvised the cloud tank scene as a metaphoric piercing of the skin, and hid a lot of my intent behind metaphor." 4/
Self Hatred forms an endless pit beneath me but fear not for perseverance will right every wrong committed against us. Despite every lie against us, despite every counter measure, we emerge victorious through sheer power of will.
If there is a hell, I'll see you there
A very emotional piece, not without softer more contemplative moments (which just allows the thrusts back into depravity and sickness to be THAT much more impactful.
When I first heard Mr. Self Destruct I was pretty much immediately blown away. The music felt evil, intensely sad and desperate. There was no turning back, only to be swept up in the raging turmoil, repression, and an addiction to hitting rock bottom. TDS is NIN's masterwork imo
While the music itself is dirty, grimy, filthy, abrasive, and intense... For me the greatest impact was in the lyrics. A step by step deconstruction of that aforementioned addiction, thought patterns that only terminate one place.