Nine Inch Nails doing different artwork for each version of new LP, 'Hesitation Marks'
Nine Inch Nails have revealed the cover art for their new album, Hesitation Marks, which is due out September 3. Actually, there are four different covers, each specific to the format, all done by acclaimed artist Russell Mills. The creator explains further:
The artworks, (30 mixed media pieces) that I eventually produced towards uses in the Hesitation Marks releases, evolved out of lengthy exchanges between myself and Trent and in response to the conceptual ideas that thread through the tracks and to the sonic territory that the album explores. I’ve tried to lock into the album’s prevailing mood and echo the album’s essence. The ideas are not communicated in a literal or easily digested form, as this would be boring for me and would insult the intelligence of a potential audience. I’ve tried to make works that obliquely allude to the essence of the subject matter, to its emotional core.
The different covers are for vinyl, CD, deluxe CD and digital. Big versions, and a little explanation of the media used to make them, are below.
Nine Inch Nails’s tour hits the NYC-area for two shows with Godspeed You! Black Emperor in October. Tickets to both Brooklyn’s Barclays Center (10/15) and NJ’s Prudential Center (10/16) are still available.
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Digital cover:
“Turn And Burn”
Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, bitumen, burning, rusted linen, blood, spent matches, on wood.
Standard CD cover:
“Time And Again”
Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, rusted linen, blood, microscope slides, on wood.
Deluxe CD cover:
“Cargo In The Blood”
Burning, Polaroid frame, copper wire, mica, on velvet, on wood.
Vinyl cover:
“Other Murmurs”
Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, collage, on canvas, on wood.
