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- Summary: The six-track EP is the second release for the Trent Reznor project with his wife, Atticus Ross, and Rob Sheridan.
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Industrial, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Dance
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Nov 15, 2012"Ice Age" is one of six songs on the group's fantastic new EP, and it stands out for singer Mariqueen Maandig's wisp of a voice.
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Entertainment WeeklyNov 21, 2012With Atticus Ross, Reznor pieces together wintry electronic headphone epics and deftly threads Maandig's ghostly sensuality into enigmatic tapestries. [30 Nov 2012, p.73]
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Kerrang!Jan 2, 2013A deeply unsettling, murky digital fog of a release. It's also brilliant. [24 Nov 2012, p.54]
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Nov 16, 2012Even if How to destroy angels_ are simply tweaking a long-established formula, rather than clearing the chalkboard, An Omen_ still presents a band that has mastered the task at hand.
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Jan 7, 2013If it's not wholly satisfying as an EP, blame that entirely on how it winds up showcasing promise: hearing it, you want to know what How to Destroy Angels will do over the course of a full album.
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Nov 19, 2012This EP is not a singles-ready collection, nor should it be. Instead, the atmospheric songs do their part to transport the listener to another mood or mindset.
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Nov 15, 2012The EP's major aesthetic shifts do lead to one issue: the lack of a core or soul to How to destroy angels_, a shortcoming which will hopefully be resolved on the outfit's forthcoming long-player.
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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