How To Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion

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Article name: Welcome Oblivion
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: SMI EPC Number of tracks: 30

Tracklist LP - 1

1. How to Destroy Angels - Wake-Up 2. How to Destroy Angels - Keep It Together 3. How to Destroy Angels - And the Sky Began to Scream 4. How to Destroy Angels - Ice Age 5. How to Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion 6. How to Destroy Angels - On the Wing 7. How to Destroy Angels - Too Late, All Gone 8. How to Destroy Angels - Province of Fear

Tracklist LP - 2

9. How to Destroy Angels - How Long? 10. How to Destroy Angels - Strings and Attractors 11. How to Destroy Angels - Recursive Self-Improvement 12. How to Destroy Angels - Unintended Consequences 13. How to Destroy Angels - We Fade Away 14. How to Destroy Angels - Loop Closes 15. How to Destroy Angels - Hallowed Ground

Tracklist CD - 3

16. How to Destroy Angels - Wake-Up [CD] 17. How to Destroy Angels - Keep It Together [CD] 18. How to Destroy Angels - And the Sky Began to Scream [CD] 19. How to Destroy Angels - Ice Age [CD] 20. How to Destroy Angels - Welcome Oblivion [CD] 21. How to Destroy Angels - On the Wing [CD] 22. How to Destroy Angels - Too Late, All Gone [CD] 23. How to Destroy Angels - Province of Fear [CD] 24. How to Destroy Angels - How Long? [CD] 25. How to Destroy Angels - Strings and Attractors [CD] 26. How to Destroy Angels - Recursive Self-Improvement [CD] 27. How to Destroy Angels - Unintended Consequences [CD] 28. How to Destroy Angels - We Fade Away [CD] 29. How to Destroy Angels - Loop Closes [CD] 30. How to Destroy Angels - Hallowed Ground [CD]

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Anybody who paid attention to Trent Reznor's post-Nine Inch Nails project How to Destroy Angels' two EPs would not be shocked by the coolly meditative nature of their full-length debut, Welcome Oblivion, but if there happens to be a NIN fan coming to this 2013 LP cold -- odds aren't great, but stranger things have happened -- they're likely to be shocked by how aggressive this album isn't. This isn't to say Welcome Oblivion is an ambient album or a record consumed with solipsistic navel-gazing. Rather, How to Destroy Angels frees Reznor to explore quiet, intricately textured territory with the assistance of longtime collaborator Atticus Ross and vocalist Mariqueen Maandig, who also is Reznor's wife. Given Reznor's close connections with Maandig and Ross, it's possible some listeners may view this as a Trent vehicle where his bandmates are nothing more than sidemen, but How to Destroy Angels is a true collaboration, with Reznor and Ross sculpting the tracks to fit Maandig's soft, insinuating tones. At times, the interplay recalls vintage Tricky stripped of menace. HTDA certainly has drama and flirts with ominous overtones, but ultimately they're not a threatening lot; they're enjoying the process of creation too much to threaten. Nothing stays stationary on Welcome Oblivion -- even the quietest moments have things percolating in the background, and when a torrent of sound is unleashed, it isn't a mere deluge; there is definition, the empty spaces accentuating either the noisy squiggles or the shimmering, insinuating melodies. And make no mistake, Welcome Oblivion does have its share of melody, as this isn't merely a collection of sounds: there are songs here, some as tight as the defiantly new wave "How Long?," and others as elliptical as the skeletal "Ice Age" -- each are distinguished by their exquisite details and slow, ingratiating melodies. Welcome Oblivion is not an album that comes on forcefully, and by many measures, it's the most measured record of Reznor's career, yet it's also his most melodic, showing that this former angry young man has a design to grow old gracefully. [An LP version added a bonus CD of the album.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine