Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" emo Mac DeMarco's mid-twenties masterpiece

Mac DeMarco's mid-twenties masterpiece

The 2 LP set is on high quality 180-gram vinyl in a gatefold sleeve and includes a download card for all songs

and it's the sound of suburban youth who needed guitars to help soothe their souls

real-sounding tales of the streets

Jason Collett

Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" emo Mac DeMarco's mid-twenties masterpieceThe Fragile is even bleaker than 1994's The Downward Spiral as it lurches along with a perpetual scowl. A frenzied collection of buzz saw pop, Trent Reznor's grim opus yo yos through two CDs with scattershot intensity. Hushed one minute and explosive the next, spite and anger intermix with heartbreaking resignation, sometimes in the course of one song. Still, Reznor's dour and uncompromising approach is accessible and undeniably entertaining, even