Maynard James Keenan has been on a tear recently. Even the Tool frontman published the very first record by his principal gig in over a decade this past year,” Fear Inoculum, and Friday afternoon (Sept. 18) he disclosed the long-awaited brand new album out of his supergroup Puscifer, Existential Reckoning, is due on Oct. 30.
The very first taste of this followup to 2015’s Cash Gee, the genuinely strange, but quite amazing “The Underwhelming,” also fell. “Formative Extreme states / Tempering/ Your and far / Mindful today / of graceless dullards/ / Plodding through/ Their happy-go-lucky cabaret,” Keenan sings about the spooky, soulful track with all the twisty lyrics which have a reference to this “warrior ’s fresh clothes ” from the chorus.
The band, fronted by Keenan and comprising singer/keyboardist Carina Round along with guitarist Mat Mitchell, published the very first taste of this record in May, the tattooed “Apocalyptical. ” The information regarding the album came with a generally perplexing statement in the kind of what seems like a redacted authorities report.
“Reports from Jerome, Ariz. affirm the coming advent of Existential Reckoning, also a 12-song record from the distinctive agents working under code title Puscifer,” it all read. “The launch is currently scheduled for an Oct. 30 coming via Alchemy Recordings/Puscifer Entertainment/BMG. The brokers, Mat Mitchell (bass, bass, keys) and Carina Round (vocals, keys), together with agent-in-training Maynard James Keenan (vocals, tales ) a.k.a. Dick Merkin, trailer the coming launch with’The Underwhelming.’ ”
A month earlier Tool dropped their followup to 2006’so called 10,000 Days, Keenan declared last July which Puscifer were focusing on fresh songs with a brief glimpse of him in a mic together with a reference of guitarist Mitchell. “Mat Mitchell My Eye. #chippingaway @puscifer2021 @matmitchell @carinaround,” browse the caption into the film, which likewise connected to Round’s accounts.
Keenan was teasing information about Puscifer’s grand record all week with a string of mysterious tweets with what was be legends out of “Underwhelming” plus a few spooky alien pictures. Check all of them out{} listen to “The Underwhelming,” below.
Reports from Jerome, AZ affirm the coming advent of Existential Reckoning, a brand new record from particular agents working under code title Puscifer. Listen to”The Underwhelming,” and acquire limited edition vinyl here: https://t.co/iW6KZO5H4t
