Nine Inch Nails are giving away their brand new studio album โThe Slipโ as a free download, online via their website nin.com, just two months after releasing a 36 track instrumental album โGhosts I-IVโ via the same portal.
Of the ten brand new tracks, Nine Inch Nailsโ first new full band material since Year Zero, the track โDisciplineโ was made available as a free download on April 23.
Trent Reznor, the industro-grunge bandโs frontman has said that the free download is โas a thank you to our fans for your continued supportโ and it will come in a variety of formats โincluding high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options โ all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.โ
Their previous instrumental album was a free download for the first nine tracks, while packages for the rest of the double album started at just five dollars.
The shock move for the albumโs release, which will also see a physical release on CD and vinyl in July, follows in the steps of Radiohead and Coldplay who have both released their new material for free via their own websites, bypassing record company involvement.
Nine Inch Nailsโ The Slip full track listing is:
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โLetting youโ
โDisciplineโโ
โEchoplexโ
โHead Downโ
โLights In The Skyโ
โCorona Radiataโ
โThe Four Of Us Are Dyingโ
โDemon Seedโ