Where would we be without Nine Inch Nails? The industrial legends have been so kind as to release new music today, to keep us sane, for free. The albums, Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts, are the sequels to the band's 2008 ambient project, Ghosts I–IV.
The band writes:
FRIENDS-
WEIRD TIMES INDEED…
AS THE NEWS SEEMS TO TURN EVER MORE GRIM BY THE HOUR, WE’VE FOUND OURSELVES VACILLATING WILDLY BETWEEN FEELING LIKE THERE MAY BE HOPE AT TIMES TO UTTER DESPAIR – OFTEN CHANGING MINUTE TO MINUTE. ALTHOUGH EACH OF US DEFINE OURSELVES AS ANTISOCIAL-TYPES WHO PREFER BEING ON OUR OWN, THIS SITUATION HAS REALLY MADE US APPRECIATE THE POWER AND NEED FOR CONNECTION.
MUSIC – WHETHER LISTENING TO IT, THINKING ABOUT IT OR CREATING IT – HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE THING THAT HELPED US GET THROUGH ANYTHING – GOOD OR BAD. WITH THAT IN MIND, WE DECIDED TO BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL AND COMPLETE THESE NEW GHOSTS RECORDS AS A MEANS OF STAYING SOMEWHAT SANE.
GHOSTS V: TOGETHER IS FOR WHEN THINGS SEEM LIKE IT MIGHT ALL BE OKAY, AND GHOSTS VI: LOCUSTS… WELL, YOU’LL FIGURE IT OUT.
IT MADE US FEEL BETTER TO MAKE THESE AND IT FEELS GOOD TO SHARE THEM. MUSIC HAS ALWAYS HAD A WAY OF MAKING US FEEL A LITTLE LESS ALONE IN THE WORLD… AND HOPEFULLY IT DOES FOR YOU, TOO. REMEMBER, EVERYONE IS IN THIS THING TOGETHER AND THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN SOON.
BE SMART AND SAFE AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.WITH LOVE,
TRENT & ATTICUS
Both albums can be downloaded for free right now at Nine Inch Nails’ website, and will be on streaming services at midnight tonight (3/26). The album is also streaming now on Youtube, below.
Tracklists
GHOSTS V: TOGETHER
- LETTING GO WHILE HOLDING ON
- TOGETHER
- OUT IN THE OPEN
- WITH FAITH
- APART
- YOUR TOUCH
- HOPE WE CAN AGAIN
- STILL RIGHT HERE
GHOSTS VI: LOCUSTS
- THE CURSED CLOCK
- AROUND EVERY CORNER
- THE WORRIMENT WALTZ
- RUN LIKE HELL
- WHEN IT HAPPENS (DON’T MIND ME)
- ANOTHER CRASHED CAR
- TEMP FIX
- TRUST FADES
- A REALLY BAD NIGHT
- YOUR NEW NORMAL
- JUST BREATHE
- RIGHT BEHIND YOU
- TURN THIS OFF PLEASE
- SO TIRED