I recently downloaded the new album by How to Destroy Angels. This album features Trent Reznor and two other people, one of which is the chick singing and the other, well, who knows what the hell he does.

Basically, if you extrapolate the junk that was Ghosts I – IV, and add a female singer, you’ve got HTDA.

01 - The Space in Between
02 - Parasite
03 - Fur Lined
04 - BBB
05 - The Believers
06 - A Drowning

I’m really not sure why they called this a different band. Every song is full of NiN music, audio samples, sound effects, etc. The ONLY thing different is the female singer.

Trent: I have a great idea! I’ll make a band with two other people who will provide creative inspiration!
Chick: Hey, I’ll be in your band. And here’s some dude who also wants to ride your coffers!
Dude: Mumble mumble
* 3 weeks later *
Chick: Hey, Trent, I was wondering if we could add some stuff that I usually like to do? Like some synths and beeps or something.
Trent: Listen here chick… We’ve already got enough of your voice, shaddup.

And the rest was history. Ghosts was the first NiN album I ever bought to be honest… At that point in his career the money was all him, I liked what he did with the revenue model, I like how he broke away from a commercial label, etc. The music has just gone so far downhill.

Also, you’re probably thinking this is a terrible review on the EP… But not a single one of the songs sounds different. Can you possibly describe one of the six tracks in a way that differentiates it from the other five? Of course not. Before leaving hate mail in the comments below, you will be required to first differentiate one of the tracks.

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