new nin album - 05/03/05

[Helm]

only - what, irony? Good! Better than nothing. The spoken isn't good, but it's a welcome departure from his singing up to here. I don't see how this is significantly different from the rest of the material in the album, besides the extra cheese on the keyboards. Again... shouting? Why? Stop. Why does this music fail to excite me or captivate me in the least? Is there something wrong with me? It's just angular without being edgy, it's overproduced without sounding full and it drags and drags on.