nine inch nails - year zero

nin has a huge catalog but this one had some special magic. i remember reading that Trent wrote and recorded it on a tour bus. you can hear little slip ups sometimes where he starts singing a beat early then caught himself. he left it in. it’s raw and angry and sad and damning and hopeless all at once.

the lyrics are very much of their time, but becoming more and more relevant as we sink deeper into late-stage capitalism.