Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth (2005)

April 27, 2023

I listened the shit out of this album, not in 2005 when it came out (even though “The Hand That Feeds” got a lot of plays from me and my school mates), but in 2015 when I was in my mid 20s working shifts delivering for the local kebab shop, desperately trying to claw together some extra money for me and my partner. This CD never left my car.

I’m not the biggest fan of NIN generally, and With Teeth does sound a bit like a completely disjointed mixed bag of ideas, there are indeed some excellent ideas present here. I love the opening duo of tracks, “Only” and my favourite on the entire album, “Every Day Is Exactly The Same”.

Great production, great sounds, but a few missed steps for sure.