With
How to destroy angels_ yesterday hammering Keep It Together into existence, it'd appear
Trent Reznor's this week really turning the screw. Although if that one glinted with the baleful industry of
With Teeth then this
Telepathe rework is more closely aligned with the emotive crescendoes and tornadic guitars of
The Fragile. A collaborative endeavour between T. Rez and longstanding NIN accomplices
Alessandro Cortini and
Atticus Ross (he accredited with co-compositional kudos on
The Social Network soundtrack and production duties for every 'Nails full-length this side of 2k0) this particular remake of Destroyer backs up
the original on a limited 12", only to brutalise it behind its black, waxy back. Paranoiac of verse although elate of chorus, it efficaciously condenses the Reznor ethos down into just shy of six exhaustive minutes. The dichotomy between pleasure and pain is key; the dynamic shifts between louder abrasion and quieter disconcertion elementary as ever, making the wait for regenerated Nine Inch Nails just that iota more antagonising.
Destroyer is released next week.
