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[[Image:adrowning.jpg|300px|thumb|Track Artwork by Mark Weaver]]
'''A Drowning''' is the first release by [[How To Destroy Angels]], mixed by [[Alan Moulder]], and is available for download on [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KS9B2W?ie=UTF8&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003KS9B2W Amazon MP3] and [http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pjokBXbLTmg&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Fa-drowning-single%2Fid371164879 iTunes]
==Release==
HTDA's site had gradually been updated with teaser images and videos, along with an image of [[Mariqueen Reznor]] gradually being revealed. Her face was fully revealed on May 4th, 2010, and at the same time ''A Drowning'' was posted on Pitchfork.com, with a link from HowToDestroyAngels.com to the page. Later that day, the link was replaced with one to Amazon.com once the track was avaliable for download at 99 cents<!--Mention the £/€ cost?-->. Soon after release, it reached number one on the Amazon download chart.
It was been [[Htda Questions|confirmed]] that other sites would be selling the track as well soon after. The first to follow suit was iTunes.
Two weeks later, the band released the [[multitracks]] for ''A Drowning'', along with the band's other release at the time, ''[[The Space In Between]]'', on [[remix.nin.com]].
===Song Credits===
*Music: [[Trent Reznor]]
*Lyrics: Mariqueen Maandig Reznor
*Mixed by Alan Moulder
*Label: [[The Null Corporation]]
==Appearances==
*[[How To Destroy Angels (album)|How To Destroy Angels]]
==Versions==
===A Drowning (single)===
This is the only known version, primarily driven by a dark but relaxed synth bassline and beat loop, similar to the approach of the verses in "[[The Wretched]]." Piano provides the dominant melodic content behind the vocals, while heavily processed guitars provide atmosphere during the choruses, which also feature a different bassline. Dissonant horn samples form a bridge from the first chorus to the second verse, while the last three minutes of the song are dedicated to a distorted guitar riff joining the layered, processed guitars and chorus bassline. Mariqueen handles all of the vocals in the track, singing in quiet, reserved tones, and layering wordless melodies over the coda, which filters down the guitar layers to leave the piano line repeating the chorus chord progression as accompaniment to non-chordal notes.
==Lyrics==
'''''THESE HAVE BEEN TRANSCRIBED BY EAR. ANY PERCEIVED ERRORS SHOULD BE EDITED IN UNTIL WE HAVE OFFICIAL LYRICS.'''''
It's the glare from the reflection
Making patterns in your eyes
It's the looking back in anger
With every second slipping by
Undertow has come to take me
Guided by the blazing sun
Look at everything around us
Well, look at everything we've done
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
I'm drowning here
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
There's a tiny little window
Swarms of locusts fill the sky
Maybe I just disappear
If I can keep my head above the tide
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
I'm drowning here
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
==External Links==
*[http://pitchfork.com/news/38686-how-to-destroy-angels-a-drowning/ The track on Pitchfork]
[[Category:How To Destroy Angels]]
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KS9B2W?ie=UTF8&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003KS9B2W Purchase mp3 on Amazon.com]
*[http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pjokBXbLTmg&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Fa-drowning-single%2Fid371164879 Purchase on iTunes]
[[Category:How To Destroy Angels]]
'''A Drowning''' is the first release by [[How To Destroy Angels]], mixed by [[Alan Moulder]], and is available for download on [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KS9B2W?ie=UTF8&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003KS9B2W Amazon MP3] and [http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pjokBXbLTmg&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Fa-drowning-single%2Fid371164879 iTunes]
==Release==
HTDA's site had gradually been updated with teaser images and videos, along with an image of [[Mariqueen Reznor]] gradually being revealed. Her face was fully revealed on May 4th, 2010, and at the same time ''A Drowning'' was posted on Pitchfork.com, with a link from HowToDestroyAngels.com to the page. Later that day, the link was replaced with one to Amazon.com once the track was avaliable for download at 99 cents<!--Mention the £/€ cost?-->. Soon after release, it reached number one on the Amazon download chart.
It was been [[Htda Questions|confirmed]] that other sites would be selling the track as well soon after. The first to follow suit was iTunes.
Two weeks later, the band released the [[multitracks]] for ''A Drowning'', along with the band's other release at the time, ''[[The Space In Between]]'', on [[remix.nin.com]].
===Song Credits===
*Music: [[Trent Reznor]]
*Lyrics: Mariqueen Maandig Reznor
*Mixed by Alan Moulder
*Label: [[The Null Corporation]]
==Appearances==
*[[How To Destroy Angels (album)|How To Destroy Angels]]
==Versions==
===A Drowning (single)===
This is the only known version, primarily driven by a dark but relaxed synth bassline and beat loop, similar to the approach of the verses in "[[The Wretched]]." Piano provides the dominant melodic content behind the vocals, while heavily processed guitars provide atmosphere during the choruses, which also feature a different bassline. Dissonant horn samples form a bridge from the first chorus to the second verse, while the last three minutes of the song are dedicated to a distorted guitar riff joining the layered, processed guitars and chorus bassline. Mariqueen handles all of the vocals in the track, singing in quiet, reserved tones, and layering wordless melodies over the coda, which filters down the guitar layers to leave the piano line repeating the chorus chord progression as accompaniment to non-chordal notes.
==Lyrics==
'''''THESE HAVE BEEN TRANSCRIBED BY EAR. ANY PERCEIVED ERRORS SHOULD BE EDITED IN UNTIL WE HAVE OFFICIAL LYRICS.'''''
It's the glare from the reflection
Making patterns in your eyes
It's the looking back in anger
With every second slipping by
Undertow has come to take me
Guided by the blazing sun
Look at everything around us
Well, look at everything we've done
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
I'm drowning here
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
There's a tiny little window
Swarms of locusts fill the sky
Maybe I just disappear
If I can keep my head above the tide
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
I'm drowning here
Please, anyone
I don't think I can save myself
==External Links==
*[http://pitchfork.com/news/38686-how-to-destroy-angels-a-drowning/ The track on Pitchfork]
[[Category:How To Destroy Angels]]
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KS9B2W?ie=UTF8&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003KS9B2W Purchase mp3 on Amazon.com]
*[http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pjokBXbLTmg&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Fa-drowning-single%2Fid371164879 Purchase on iTunes]
[[Category:How To Destroy Angels]]