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It was then officially announced via Twitter on June 5, 2013, the day before the release of its first single, ''[[Came Back Haunted (halo)|Came Back Haunted]]''. Nine Inch Nails signed with [[Columbia Records]] in 2013, making this the first album on a major label since ''[[Year Zero]]''.
During the month of August, the tracks "Copy Of A", "Everything" and "Find My Way" were also made available through various channels prior to the album's release. A teaser trailer featuring "The Eater Of Dreams" and a look at the album's packaging was posted on August 26, 2013. Later the same day, the full album was made available for streaming via iTunes.
==Inspiration and recording==
<blockquote>"What I found the most inspiring was sitting with just a drum machine in my bedroom, in my office. Not having a keyboard or a guitar and playing everything on pads. Me sitting alone with literally one piece of gear just messing around, I found it exciting. It lent to the minimal edge, because it didn't feel like it needed more."</blockquote>
The album title is a term for wounds that are sometimes made when a person is contemplating suicide by wrist cutting. Fans have speculated that this is either a reference to Reznor being not quite ready to put NIN to rest, or a reference to the fact that the album is conceptually an "upward spiral" and a reflection of the fact that Reznor did not end up killing himself when he was at his lowest point.
==Relation to ''The Downward Spiral''==
In interviews with ''The New York Times'' and ''SPIN'', Reznor stated that he had ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' in mind as he worked on ''Hesitation Marks'':
<blockquote>"For some reason, when I started working more on ''Hesitation Marks'', I started thinking back romantically about who I was when I was writing ''The Downward Spiral''. I was looking back on who I was then and who I am now and how things have turned out, for better or worse. That was the air the new record was born in. I was looking at the other side of how I was not always honest about who I was in the '90s — and I knew I wasn't being honest — and if you sprinkle those negative feelings with some drugs and alcohol, it's usually not a recipe for success."[http://www.spin.com/featured/trent-reznor-upward-spiral-nine-inch-nails-spin-cover-september-2013/]</blockquote>
==Artwork==