Episode 6: Henry, Darkness, and Nine Inch Nails - a podcast by The Wax Poetic Podcast

I journey through the darkness with Henry Mouat as we talk about Nine Inch Nails' album The Fragile. We touch on struggling to be happy, fitting in, and being creative to cope with COVID-19. Henry is also the first in a line of people that break out their iPod for me.   

The Fragile - Released September 21, 1999

"I wanted this album to sound like there was something inherently flawed in the situation, like someone struggling to put the pieces together. Downward Spiral was about peeling off layers and arriving at a naked, ugly end. This album starts at the end, then attempts to create order from chaos, but never reaches the goal. It’s probably a bleaker album because it arrives back where it starts—[with] the same emotion”. The album begins “Somewhat Damaged” and ends “Ripe [With Decay]".

—Reznor

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