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A Perfect Circle to release Eat The Elephant in April

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Maynard and Billy from A Perfect Circle announced that the new album Eat The Elephant will be released on April 20.  You can pre-order it here.

It’s pretty safe to say that the title and album art is going to create a bit of controversy, so I’ll let you draw your own conclusions on that.

Tracklist:

EAT THE ELEPHANT
DISILLUSIONED
CONTRARIAN
THE DOOMED
SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
TALKTALK
BY AND DOWN THE RIVER
DELICIOUS
DLB
HOURGLASS
FEATHERS
GET THE LEAD OUT

There’s also a new track TalkTalk which I think is pretty good:

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Maynerd
Maynerd
6 years ago

Excellent. Get that out of the way and hopefully get new Tool by late this year.

bogie314
bogie314
6 years ago

Agreed, this is the best of the three recently released. It will also be interesting to hear how the album version of Hourglass differs from the live performances.

biff22
biff22
6 years ago

Wow. Still boring. So far three duds.

bloo-mune
6 years ago

At least this song sounds unique and more importantly it doesn’t sound like it came off of the eMotive album. Name of the album doesn’t seem to match the APC style though. “Eat the Elephant” track better be damn good. Hitler’s Birthday! Whoo hoo!

Jethro Tool
Jethro Tool
6 years ago

At the end of the interview he mentions artists being lazy and missing deadlines. Wonder who that is aimed at…

DRURY
DRURY
6 years ago

4/20 is a special date for many other reasons.

I just don’t like his lyrical approach anymore. It’s like this weird “I’m holier than thou, everyone follow me we’re saving the world” and it’s super cringe.

elusivEuphoria
elusivEuphoria
Reply to  DRURY
6 years ago

This.

lumps
lumps
Reply to  DRURY
6 years ago

I do not know Puscifer and A Perfect Circle all too well, but aren’t a lot of their lyrics like that, DRURY?

DRURY
DRURY
Reply to  lumps
6 years ago

Yeah but when you go from personal lyrics/stories to “socially conscious” garbage, you lose ALL mystery. Maynard was always good at writing lyrics that didn’t pigeonhole themselves, and now he’s doing just that.

I worry for Tool…..

elusivEuphoria
elusivEuphoria
Reply to  hellboy1975
6 years ago

That’s just like, your opinion man.

Seriously though, you’ve stated before that lyrics and themes mean little to your perception of music being enjoyable. I know some people are like that, but obviously the opposite is true too. And Drury is saying it… These lyrics are distractingly 1 dimensional for those of us that enjoy multilayered meaning in the their lyrics. The killer really is just how self righteous they come across.

Feels dirty.

DRURY
DRURY
Reply to  elusivEuphoria
6 years ago

Yeah, self righteous.

I never used to get that vibe from him.

I’ll give it a listen as a whole album when it comes out, and perhaps that feeling will subside.

I’m not one to get hung up on one dimension. Not even talking politically here. I’m talking about the weird “I know best” attitude that is coming through.

njbrey15
njbrey15
Reply to  DRURY
6 years ago

Weird thing is drury, ive always gotten self righteous vibe from you…..

biff22
biff22
Reply to  njbrey15
6 years ago

Agreed 100% with Drury… there’s been a shift in vocal content and it’s cringe-worthy. Then again, the music sans vox is uninteresting, and Keenan’s always been a responsive writer, so maybe that’s the result. I felt some of this on the last Puscifer too, where the first couple Puscifer releases (especially Conditions of My Parole) were pretty great.

Z-Werewolf
Z-Werewolf
Reply to  DRURY
6 years ago

Yep.

lumps
lumps
6 years ago

So far I am not all too impressed by their new album.

However, I have been enjoying TalkTalk a lot. Really good song I think. Although the lyrical content may put people off, the music itself is pretty good.

Hopefully the album will have more songs I like.

Z-Werewolf
Z-Werewolf
6 years ago

Interesting title… Mer De Noms, Thirteenth Step…. Eat the Elephant… Oh well. Hopefully we’re on track for TOOL now.

budsyralli
budsyralli
Member
6 years ago

I have not liked a single track yet from this album. sorry not sorry

Z-Werewolf
Z-Werewolf
Reply to  budsyralli
6 years ago

I haven’t either. You’re not alone.

DTWAirport
DTWAirport
6 years ago

…and here I was worried in 2018 that I wouldn’t see the word kerfuffle

void
6 years ago

I somewhat agree regarding the recent apc lyrics. I also feel like all their new stuff sounds like studio experiments and tweaking rather than fully fleshed out songs like their previous work.

rinkwhopper
rinkwhopper
6 years ago

I was lukewarm on these songs to begin with, but after repeated listens I can say I’m actually really looking forward to hearing the whole album. A new APC record has been on my wish list for years now and they’re finally giving it to us, so I’m going to be optimistic and assume that it will end up being satisfying.

killershears
killershears
6 years ago

A republican is in the White House, time to be socially conscious about stuff democratic presidents are equally guilty of again. Yawn.

I don’t care about an individual’s politics, but I hate when artists I admire hop onto the liberal politics gravy train shtick.

I just hope the new Tool album is about deeper layers of consciousness, drawn from personal experience again.

toolman666
toolman666
Reply to  hellboy1975
6 years ago

Agree with Hellboy. The earlier songs may have painted a blurry picture with the lyrics where the recent songs have a slightly more direct lyrical approach, but I also think it’s pointless to get into this debate. Cringe-worthy, holier-than-thou?? It may not be palatable for you, but I wouldn’t go that far. Maynard really dials in with the riffs in TalkTalk and it sounds like an evolved APC. I’m excited to hear some more songs. There’s going to be a lot of criticism of this APC album. For those that can’t find anything they like about it, you’ll have to… Read more »

killershears
killershears
Reply to  hellboy1975
6 years ago

They didn’t say anything when Obama continued pursuing pointless wars as much as Bush.

DRURY
DRURY
Reply to  hellboy1975
6 years ago

I guess people forget we bombed and droned people everyday under Obama. Oh and we attacked an African country because they dared to want to break away from the global banking cabal.

Obama was such a sweetheart, and he sure could dance.

DRURY
DRURY
Reply to  DRURY
6 years ago

This illustrates the disappointment that such great talent can still buy into the left vs right paradigm and ACTUALLY believe one side over the other is more beneficial.

I thought everyone had grown up. Guess not.

children
children
Reply to  DRURY
6 years ago

Isn’t the point of the octopus with red and blue tentacles supposed to symbolize that there is no difference between the left and the right. They are part of the same body and the real problem is at the heart of it all.

smithersSOCAL
smithersSOCAL
Reply to  hellboy1975
6 years ago

i guess i’m that gen-x demographic you speak of. only. i’m not white, nor am i straight, and i’m certainly not a conservative, but i get where you are going. most of the commenters and i won’t mention names. seem to be pushing their own political right leaning agenda. which strikes me as odd… by all means. take the band to task for lazy behavior. but if you don’t like the tunes and subject matter dont buy it and move on to whatever bad that espouses your political opinions should that be your thing. . . have any of these… Read more »

adoxnz
Reply to  hellboy1975
6 years ago

ahahaha Hellboy that last comment was brutal, cheers, got a laugh out of me.

I definitely feel a need to call you out alongside Drury on this “there wasn’t much to complain about with Obama” narrative though. He may have made some social concessions in policy, but he was a total war monger.

DTWAirport
DTWAirport
6 years ago

Looks like your busting to be offended by something. HAHAHAHA…spot on.

Z-Werewolf
Z-Werewolf
6 years ago

In unrelated news, did anybody see that Jakob are playing a farewell show? (might have already played it)

I would like to have seen another album from those guys…

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