The new N.I.N. record

N.I.N. is getting ready to release a new cd called
Year Zero..

They are touring right now and they had a encoded
message on the back of their tour shirt that lead
to a website, which leads you down a rabbit hole of
other websites to give you the story line of the record.
It's a concept record.

It's a pretty brilliant idea. The websites have encoded
messages, sound files of characters from the story,
secret links embedded in some websites that lead you
to others, etc.

http://digg.com/music/Nine_Inch_Nails_Concept_Album_Builds_Story_With_Websites_From_The_Future

At the top of story are some of the links to the websites. It's pretty cool
just checking out the sites and getting a sense for the story..

Just recently, It seems N.I.N. planted or leaked a USB flash drive in
a mens bathroom at a concert with an mp3 from the new album.
BRILLIANT!


http://digg.com/music/New_Nine_Inch_Nails_song_found_on_a_usb_drive_in_a_bathroom_in_portugal

If you scroll down in the comments, you'll find various links to the mp3.


This has to be one of the coolest promotions for an album ever..

I haven't listened to NIN since The Downward Spiral, but all this
has gotten me interested in the actual album.

The story has a kinda post-apocalyptic end times theme..

Check out the first link above and check out the websites and let
me know what you think..

The only NIN music I have is the bonus all-ambient disc he did with one of the albums.

I've never really been all that much into "industrial" or his sound, myself...