The first new music from Nine Inch Nails in five years has received mixed reviews. Photo / Supplied
The first new single from Nine Inch Nails in five years has received mixed reviews online, with one commentator asking, "Where's the sadness?"
The band's front man, Trent Reznor, released the relatively upbeat single Came Back Haunted last week, the first single from the album Hesitation Marks, due out on
September 3.
Billboard called Came Back Haunted "five minutes of irrestistable techno-funk," while the website mindequalsblown said it was "groovy" and "riddled with trademark Nine Inch Nails distortions and synths".
But reaction to the single on Facebook was swift and often critical, with many asking where Reznor's trademark angst and anger had gone.
"Not dark enough ... Come on Trent, where's the sadness?!" asked Vanessa Rodriguez.
