Released: 2008
Genres: Ambient, Drone
The Musiquarium’s Ghosts I-IV Review Score: 3.5/5
As Nine Inch Nails’ first independent release following their split from Interscope, Ghosts I-IV finds Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross indulging in their inner Brian Enos, with nearly 2 hours of ambient, instrumental music.
It’s hard to compare Ghosts I-IV to previous NIN albums, but Reznor has always conveyed a certain cinematic quality through his music. If anything, branching out into possible soundtrack music seems like a natural progression for the band, at least as an occasion detour. Some of the songs are your typical droning soundscape, but some also just sound like typical Nine Inch Nails songs without the vocals.
Ghosts I-IV isn’t exactly an easy listen as nearly two hours of instrumental music, and you won’t get Trent Reznor’s anger and despair blasted into your face, but what you’ll find is some great background music that you can contemplate your own life to, if ever such a situation should arise.
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Written by Brett Nippard