With Teeth

Following what at the time seemed likely to be Trent Reznor’s constant pattern of years-long studio work, With Teeth instead heralded a new phase of regular activity on his part, having spent the time to both work towards sobriety and engage with some of the newer sounds of the 2000s. “The Hand That Feeds” was a blasting first single, a taut dance-rock reaction to the George W. Bush administration’s own years-long actions following 9/11, while his own personal journey was subtly captured in songs like “Only,” the title track and “Every Day Is Exactly The Same.”