Todd Rundgren will be releasing his new album White Knight on May 12, and the song "Deaf Ears" features Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, or the entirety of Nine Inch Nails right now. Accompanying the release of the track is a Nine Inch Nails remix of the song, and it's exactly as dark and noisy as you'd think it is. I'd go as far as saying it sounds damn near close to an NIN original, which makes sense considering the duo contributed a lot of ideas to White Knight.
TODD RUNDGREN IS A HERO OF MINE. HIS RECORDS (SOLO AND UTOPIA!), HIS SONGWRITING, HIS PRODUCTION AND HIS MUSICIANSHIP… ALL PLAYED A HUGE ROLE SHAPING ME INTO WHO I AM. I STILL LISTEN TO (AND STUDY) A WIZARD, A TRUE STAR AND SOMETHING / ANYTHING REGULARLY, AND I SUGGEST YOU DO, TOO. ATTICUS AND I SENT TODD A WEALTH OF IDEAS FOR HIS NEW RECORD. HE WORKED ON THIS TRACK AND RELEASED THE “PROPER” VERSION HERE. WE THEN TOOK WHAT HE DID AND MOVED IT FORWARD (OR BACKWARD, DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE) INTO THIS.
ENJOY-
TR (NOT TODD RUNDGREN, THE OTHER TR)
Check out the remix below, and the original song below that.
