I love how Trent Reznor treats his fans, awesome stuff. Just enter your email address and post code and you’ll get an email with the download link. The track is pretty damn good, it’s the cliche NIN sound but I never seem to get tired of it. In the ID3 tag under comments it says to visit NIN on the 5th of May. Hopefully an album release, who knows, I’m keen though.

From Trent’s blog posts and the numerous releases, he’s obviously testing the waters to see what the best model is to sell his music, without fucking over the fans at the same time, and it’s something that very few high profile artists are doing. He’s definitely gaining a lot of cred from the internet community and his fans. I just hope other artists and record companies are taking notice of what he’s doing.

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