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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]. While there is no official labeling calling it [[Sigil numbers|Sigil 01]], the number is reserved for it.[https://twitter.com/rob_sheridan/status/269946487688011777] It was covered by [[Nine Inch Nails]] during the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]].
==Versions==
===A Drowning===
This is the only known original 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. ===A Drowning (Instrumental)===From a CD-R promo of the EP, released by [[The Null Corporation]].
==Lyrics==