After performing together on the Peel it Back tour, Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize officially made their debut as Nine Inch Noize at Coachella this past Saturday and will do so again this Saturday. (This Coachella configuration is Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Boys Noize [Alex Ridha] and Trent’s wife and How to Destroy Angels bandmate Mariqueen Maandig.) One surprise before the festival was the announcement of a Nine Inch Noize album which is out Friday. It’s an interesting mix of things, as Trent explains:
The creative fulfillment of working on the Challengers and TRON scores with Boys Noize led me to think that including him in the Peel It Back tour could be an interesting way to express NIN in more purely electronic terms live – a concept I’ve wanted to explore for some time. The result was so much fun for us we felt it was worth expanding and formalizing in some way.
On a whim I mentioned it would be cool to play a whole set as Nine Inch Noize in the Sahara tent at Coachella. Careful what you wish for…the next thing I knew we were designing a whole new show to present in the way it deserved.
There’s no surprise tour announcement – this Saturday is it. I’m taking Sunday off and excited to be working on new Nine Inch Nails music Monday – I’ll see you when I come up for air.
We recorded this album all over the place – some of it’s live, some in studios, hotels, planes, etc. We had a lot of fun revisiting these songs and hope you enjoy. Listen LOUD.
The Nine Inch Noize album tracklist follows the order of their Coachella setlist including NIN songs “Hurt,” “Copy of A,” “Alive as You Need Me To Be,” “Vessel,” How to Destroy Angels’ “Parasite,” a cover Soft Cell’s “Memorabilia,” and more.
Check out the tracklist and artwork, plus video of “Closer,” “Heresy,” and “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” below.
Nine Inch Noize play Coachella Weekend 2 on Saturday at 8 PM Pacific in the Sahara Tent and it will be livestreamed.
Nine Inch Nails – Nine Inch Noize
1. Intro (Nine Inch Noize Version)
2. Vessel (Nine Inch Noize Version)
3. She’s Gone Away (Nine Inch Noize Version)
4. Heresy (Nine Inch Noize Version)
5. Parasite (Nine Inch Noize Version)
6. Copy Of A (Nine Inch Noize Version)
7. Me I’m Not (Nine Inch Noize Version)
8. Closer (Nine Inch Noize Version)
9. The Warning (Nine Inch Noize Version)
10. Memorabilia (Nine Inch Noize Version)
11. Came Back Haunted (Nine Inch Noize Version)
12. As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Nine Inch Noize Version)
