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Add Violence is the fourth extended play and eleventh major release by Nine Inch Nails, released on July 19, 2017 by the Null Corporation and Capitol Records.
The Extended Play moves away from the more aggressive nature of 2016's Not The Actual Events, and focuses more on soundscapes and textures alongside their traditional industrial elements, similar to that of The Fragile (1999), which resulted in more longform compositions. The release was promoted with two singles: "Less Than" and "This Isn't the Place", alongside their accompanying music videos, one of which alludes to Polybius, an urban legend about a video game that gave players seizures and night terrors.
Tracklist:
- "Less Than" (3:30)
- "The Lovers" (4:10)
- "This Isn't the Place" (4:40)
- "Not Anymore" (3:08)
- "The Background World" (11:44)
You got what you troped for:
- Album Closure: "The Background World" ends the album with several minutes of a decaying loop.
- Album Intro Track: "Less Than" is an epic, banging, distorted ballad that serves as a great intro track.
- Album Title Drop: "Less Than" has a variation."Shut up, silence
Add a little violence" - Call-Back:
- "Less Than" references Welcome Oblivion, the album by Trent Reznor project How to Destroy Angels.
- "The Lovers" references Not the Actual Events song "Dear World,"
"Finally everyone seems to be asleep" - Epic Instrumental Opener: "This Isn't the Place" takes more than two minutes for the vocals to appear.
- Epic Rocking: "The Background World" (11:44) qualifies, though the song part ends just barely over four minutes in. The rest of the track is a looped riff that gradually decays into pure noise.
- Fading into the Next Song: Most of the EP is seamless, save for a pause between "The Lovers" and "This Isn't the Place"
- Longest Song Goes Last: The EP ends with "The Background World" (11:44), the longest track by far.
- No Ending: "Less Than" ends abruptly.
- Spoken Word in Music: The verses in "The Lovers" are spoken. Trent Reznor uses a tape recorder for those parts when performing the song live.
