THE OCEAN unveil a NINE INCH NAILS cover

Leave it to the Germans, in this instance Berlin’s The Ocean, to keep the eerie darkness but add a layer of labyrinthian musical complexity to their tribute in the shape of the NIN track “Even Deeper”. Their fascinating homage is the third single from the companion album “Best of Nine Inch Nails Redux” that will be released parallel to the forthcoming MER Redux Series installment “The Downward Spiral Redux”.

The official visualiser for The Ocean’s intricate version of the Nine Inch Nails classic “Even Deeper” is now available to watch here: https://youtu.be/XzD082JCUyw?si=SxfyFV2ErTphlUys

The Ocean comment on “Even Deeper”: “When Nine Inch Nails released the double-album ”The Fragile’ in 1999, it was an eye-opening record for Loïc and me in many ways”, guitarist Robin Staps writes, mentioning their former vocalist Loïc Rossetti with whom the band recorded this tribute: “The sheer scope of this album, the production marrying fat electronics with broken, organic, and acoustic elements that are intentionally slightly out of tune – no one else had done it like that before. Initially, we wanted to cover ‘The Great Below’, but someone had already picked that track, which made ‘Even Deeper’ our second choice. In hindsight, we were lucky with that. It is the perfect track for us and I like to think that we managed to make it ours, while honouring the original. Special thanks go out to Simen from Spurv and Orestis from Playgrounded for contributing trombone and synths. This is also a farewell, big thank you, and send-off to Loïc, as it was the final track that we recorded with him on vocals!”