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Todd Rundgren is a hero of mine. His records (solo and Utopia!), his songwriting, his production and his musicianship… all played a huge role shaping me into who I am. I still listen to (and study) A Wizard, A True Star and Something / Anything regularly, and I suggest you do, too.

Atticus and I sent Todd a wealth of ideas for his new record. He worked on this track and released the “proper” version HERE.. We then took what he did and moved it forward (or backward, depending on your perspective) into THIS.

Enjoy-
TR (not Todd Rundgren, the other TR)

The Fragile: Deviations 1 Limited Edition 4X Vinyl Available for Preorder Now - http://hyperurl.co/ninstore

This unique version of NIN’s classic record was created by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and features 37 instrumental, alternate and unreleased tracks, many of which have never been heard before anywhere.

Reznor explains, “The Fragile occupies a very interesting and intimate place in my heart. I was going through a turbulent time in my life when making it and revisiting it has become a form of therapy for me. As an experiment, I removed all the vocals from the record and found it became a truly changed experience that worked on a different yet compelling level. The Fragile: Deviations 1 represents Atticus and I embellishing the original record with a number of tracks from those sessions we didn’t use before. The result paints a complimentary but different picture we wanted to share.”

The Fragile: Deviations 1 will not be available on any digital services and only available in this format while this limited run lasts.

‘Not The Actual Events’ the new 5 song EP will be released next Friday, 12/23 with preorders live right now at http://hyperurl.co/ninstore. The EP finds Reznor and now official bandmate Atticus Ross taking an unexpected left turn from 2013’s Hesitation Marks and sounding unrecognizable from their current film work.
“It’s an unfriendly, fairly impenetrable record that we needed to make” says Reznor. “It’s an EP because that ended up being the proper length to tell that story.”

'Not The Actual Events’ is self-released and will be available on all digital platforms 12/23. The NIN store is offering two formats available for pre-order now: 180g 1-sided Vinyl, and a unique limited Digital + Physical Component version.

Explore the new limited edition book, Cargo In the Blood, a collaboration with artist Russell Mills collecting his works for the Hesitation Marks album and watch the mini documentary detailing Mills’ artistic process at http://cargointheblood.com. Book available 16 December at 10am PT.

A second set of classic merchandise has been reissued and made available in the online store.