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The band's trademark brand of decaying electronica and discordant noise has not been ditched altogether, though. The opening four tracks play like a "best of" Nine Inch Nails. Lead-off single "Came Back Haunted" couples existential lyrics with aggressive synths and a searing guitar line. And spiritual ballad "Find My Way" echoes the group's 1995 single "Hurt." The intriguing "Hesitation Marks" often resembles a ship trying to break free from its moorings. Once the final rope snaps, Reznor promises to deliver one hell of a trip
-- but, until then, longtime fans of Nine Inch Nails will be relieved to find that underneath the album's occasionally bright, brash surface there's still a heart of darkness beating strong and steady.
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