ADD VIOLENCE EP comes out next week. Trent has released a song to promote it titled LESS THAN.

Add Violence is the second installment of the group's three-part EP series. The first portion, Not the Actual Events, came out last December. On Nine Inch Nails' website, Reznor called the release "an unfriendly, fairly impenetrable record that we needed to make."

In a conversation with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio last year, Reznor also presented his new music as an antidote to current pop music. "Something that we have always felt strongly about is the role of what we call rock has been one that should feel untethered and filled with expression and uncompromised and at times challenging," Reznor said. "In general, it seems from my perspective, and I feel Atticus feels the same way, that most entertainment, particularly music is pretty boring. Certainly, rock is boring.

"A lot of what's blessed as 'the cool thing' feels pretty generic and also feels, a lot of it, like a desperate plea for commercial airplay and success," he continued. "That combined with just our own worldview and a kind of daydream I was having led to 'Let's make a record that feels challenging, and exciting to us ...' I wanted the music to sound kind of ugly and to sound unfriendly, not suck you in with a sexy hook."

Comes out July 21st.

Sounds like he's trying too hard

nails hurt

Welcome Oblivion

obvious reference to the HTDA EP, but i wonder what the significance is

what do you mean? where's the reference?

yeah, the video didn't help calm my nerves about the ep. i like that trent's using synthesisers again, but it sounds weird with his new style. maybe i just gotta get used to it