NIN new album available online right now!

facepollution wrote:

No it's not just you, they are having major problems, they don't expect it to be sorted until tomorrow morning.

cool... thanks for the reassurance.... i'll try back tomorrow....

I'm at 98% of the torrent, it's like half one in the morning where I am so I doubt I'll get far into the album!

Servers are down right now, but the torrent took only about 5 minutes...it has 9 songs or so. I'm 2 minutes into the first one, and I'm diggin' it already

facepollution wrote:

you and 3 other people according to bitcomet! Glad to see at least some people are willing to help us poor bastards out! I've managed to get 0.1% in the last four hours or so....

I've left it seeding this morning, and as far as I know it will seed all day from home, unless my girlfriend turns it off. It's nice to be able to use this technology legally for once. It takes a little pressure of the NIN server.

I listened to about the first 6 tracks while cycling to work this morning.... I really like it. It;s very different. For a lot of people it won't be their cup of tea, but I can really see this one growing on me. It's a completely different vibe to almost everything else he has done. Previously there has only been a few tracks on an album like this. I'm really interested to see what the response is.

I think the distribution is genius. Everyone gets what they want. Free download, $5 peace of mind download, CD, Vinyl. This is the way to release an album!!!

The NME still hasn't posted the news on their site...

facepollution wrote:

Dude that's freaky, I was just about to post that very same thing! It is pretty weird, since NIN are a high profile band, and a new album with multiple purchase options is pretty exciting news. They're probably too busy with their tongues up the latest indie bands' arse holes!

My sentiments exactly. Like it or not what Trent is doing with the music business is groundbreaking. It takes some confidence to be an artist of his size and to go out in a limb like this. It is far more important for the music business than some one album wonder that the NME are touting at the moment. I'll go to see those bands and I might even enjoy them, but they are what they are - flash in the pan routes to a quick buck.

dcne200 wrote:

The site is back up and running. I just bought the mp3 album, considered the CD, but it just seemed so cool to only have to spend $5 for new music.

Buy both!!! The more successful this business model is the more likely it is to happen in the future. Trent posted the results of the Saul Williams album in terms of sales, downloads etc. I think he might do the same for this. By cutting out a lot of middle men, the Saul Williams album was cheaper to release this way. Saul got about the same cut as he got from his previous albums, but the number of people listening increased massivly. You could say that this was because of the association with Trent, but they also didn't market the album, so they are quite interesting figures.

I bought the $75 version, and downloaded from the emailed link with no problem this morning. Now to get it on the ipod, in preparation for about 20 hours of driving later this week!

Why all instrumental? I love the idea and kudos to Trent for doing this but, all instrumental?

audiodave wrote:

Has anyone listened to the whole thing yet? If so, what are your opinions?

I listened to it once today, and I have to say, i'm seriously underwhelmed. Don't attack me...it seriously pains me to say this. NIN are my second favourite band, and I adore them, and Trent's work. I love the fact that this was so unexpected, and I really admire the fact that he never repeats himself and does what he wants in regards to his music. I'm trying so hard to like it, but I just can't see it happening. I will listen to it a lot more to try and like it, but I just can't really see when I would listen to this.

That being said, i've still ordered the CD, as it's still NIN.

I agree with most of this. I have listened to it twice. It is the best $5.00 I have ever spent, however I would be pissed off if I paid the price of a typical 4 CD set.