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{{HTDA| title=A Drowning| album=''[[How To Destroy Angels (album)|How To Destroy Angels]]''| length=7:03| BPM = 60| versions=A Drowning<br>A Drowning (Instrumental)| live=[[How To Destroy Angels Live 2013]]}}[[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 released May 4th 2010 via Pitchfork Media, 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 [[Cover Songs|covered]] by [[Nine Inch Nails]] during the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]]. ==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 available for download at 99 cents<!--Mention the £/€ cost?-->. Soon after release, it reached number one on the Amazon download chart. It was [[Htda Questions|confirmed]] that other sites would also be selling the track 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]].

*Lyrics: [[Mariqueen Maandig Reznor]]

*''[[How To Destroy Angels (album)|How To Destroy Angels]]''

===A Drowning (single)===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]].

Making patterns in your eyeseye

Guarded Guided by the blazing sun

Look Well, look at everything we've done

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