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>doesn't address the moaning

what i take from these EPs is that self development (religion, self awareness, self discipline, etc) is dying out and is being replaced by technology and other forms of self deception ("everyone is asleep"). and this will bring about the end of the world or maybe the year zero world or something. it's a call to for us to "focus" and "wake up" and find true selves or maybe to find god or whatever and reevaluate why we do what we do.

aka "turn off your fucking iphone"

I think this is pretty close to the mark... Less Than is more or less the state of news media and sponsored content today, The Lovers is a guy finding belonging in the delusion and committing to it, Not Anymore is the erosion of individuality as the guy is jerked around in the information overload, and the Background World is the guy's ultimate, violent decay into yet another /r9k/ shit poster.

NTAE seems to go in the exact opposite direction, with the guy realizing the delusion in The Idea of You and becoming a Spook-busting übermensch in Burning Bright.

"Waking up" seems good, if a little melancholic in Dear World, but tragic in The Lovers.

>When the guitars really open up on Less Than

Jesus it's so straightforward but so amazing.

Trent's a master of restraint imho.

>tfw watching the new live performance and accidentally scroll down in the comment section to find someone attention whoring by saying "Remember when Robin Finck was allowed to play guitar?"

No wonder why Reznor is quick to shit talk his '''fans'''.

That and when your fans beg you to essentially destroy yourself all over again so they can have another TDS.