Ah, April Fools! In prior years I’ve been organised enough to do some fooling of my own, but this year instead I will reflect on what is increasingly becoming an irrelevant event. In these days of the internet, it takes a genuinely good post to fool anyone. Indeed many were predicting today would be the day Tool announce a new album.
While April 1 is not over, I personally think it’s unlikely Tool would announce and album, possibly their magnum opus, that they’ve worked on for over a decade in this manner. I don’t think that the myriad of fakes, both good and terrible are fooling anyone. People on the internet are generally to cynical and smart to be tricked this way
Of course, Tool did give us something:
Hopefully they will give us something more in the coming weeks….
bahaha. anyone weird dude talking about colours start somewhere in there ? hehe.
As in Jon Hamm in Legion, yes?
i really wish this forum had an edit button. any weird dude* not anyone.
The cricket videos they they’re posting on Twitter are hilarious!
I died laughing when I saw they posted videos of crickets. If people seriously thought that they would drop or announce the new album today were simply out of their minds. Of course, the ultimate prank would be to release a genuine new album on the day that fakes would be all over the place, but the odds that Tool would do that are astronomically low. Especially when they are signed to a label that would not want that. I think we have around 2 more month until we get a new album. It would be nice though if they… Read more »
April fools day is a laborious task as a tool fan. Toolband on Reddit is a complete shitshow. Bring on April 3rd.
It’s hilarious how many kids on reddit and elsewhere think Tool sits around thinking of ways to trick their fans. They actually haven’t tricked us at all in years. We’ve been aware of the painfully slow process of the album the entire way, hearing things like “5 song ideas being worked on” or 90% done, Ect. They haven’t been lying or trying to keep anything secret. We have been updated the whole time. So when you still have “fans” coming up with idiotic April fools day theories, it makes you realize just how out of tough many, many Tool listeners… Read more »
Yeah, I get a solid chuckle out of it as well. There’s no real evidence that Tool are leaving a series of breadcrumbs or mystery codes to help us reveal something vitally important about the album. I think most of what the band and Blair post that are “mysterious” are more feeding off this fan vibe, and attempting to lead the narrative.
lol what an edgelord Hellboy
Almost as edgy as calling someone an edgelord
almost.
more like egglord
am I right
A newsletter would be nice
Or, as Maynard tweeted, (and I’m sure they will come) “more focused updates as we progress.” The further we get into April with no significant updates, the more June looks most likely for the release date. I’m seeing them twice in May and really hope to hear at least one new song. Gotta forget about the price tag and continue realizing how lucky I am to be able to see TOOL once in my city and another time five hours up the road in the same month, no matter what they play. It’s all good. Maynard’s voice was beyond solid… Read more »
March Newsletter was the extra tour date announcements, so don’t hold your breath!
I’m pretty sure Eat The Elephant was the April Fools joke. The ultimate set up to make people worry about the Tool record. I don’t know about anyone else… I’ve always been excited for Tool releases, but Eat The Elephant was bad enough to make me nervous. There used to be 4 guys I trusted in this band. Now there’s 3.
Ditto.
Tool would be nobody without MJK and ETE was a great record. People get older he isn’t gonna sing about same stuff he used to.
I hear you. I just thought Eat The Elephant was about as mailed in as you can get. Keenan sounds great but the songs are pretty weak. I’d call it under written for lack of a better term. I’m just kinda surprised it got by MJKs quality control… I more or less just think Howderdel didn’t have the greatest stuff this time around. Not to mention it’s about the most brick walled thing I’ve ever heard.
The music was pretty cookie cutter on Eat the Elephant and guess what… had nothing to do with TOOL.
When it comes to the music in TOOL, Maynard has no say so until it comes to vocals. I’m sure we’re going to be just fine.
Eat the Elephant is not anywhere near relevant to TOOL.
MJK will find a way to make some of the vocals suck.
We’ll find out soon.
I think this is a strange statement, as EtE certainly has a different sound and vibe to MDN and 13th Step. You may not like it, but mailed in it definitely isn’t.
Drawing any parallels between how APC sound, and how Tool will sound are tenuous at best.
I just think that the melodies are pretty “stock” to quote Lars. Sonically ETE is a letdown as well. Obviously to each his own, though I do personally think ETE is a huge misstep in a midas touched career. The reason I have concern is that from his book I construed that MJK serves as quality control of the projects he works on including (but I can see how it might be to a lesser extent) Tool. I have no reason to doubt the rest of the band, and MJK has more than earned the benefit of doubt, but yea…… Read more »
Did you forget about eMotive, or did you like that?
I don’t think of emotive as a true APC release. As an album of mostly covers it’s hit or miss like most of them. There’s a couple things on that record I really like… Levee and Fiddle, namely. I get the gist of your bringing it up though. I still think ETE is a big departure from what that band was best at doing and isn’t as inspired as what came before it.
EtE was certainly a departure from the “old” style APC. It’s understandable that some enjoyed it and some didn’t. It’s certainly not better than their old material in my opinion, but I enjoy the album for what it was.
That is the most rational opinion on an album I may have ever heard.
Puscifer is not the product of anyone with a midas touch.
For what it’s worth I wasn’t into Money Shot. Loved everything else especially Conditions of My Parole.
TOOL updated their logo on their website with “MMIX” i.e. 2019.
Correction… this is their Facebook Profile Picture.
Honestly the one that was linked under “terrible” before was really convincing. Curious you changed it to a rickroll….
The clue on Toolband has had some new words added to it.
t-h-e-y-i-e–l-d-f-r-o-m-f-i-e-l-d-s-a-p-p-e-a-l-e-d-o-n-c-e
now:
t-h-e-y-i-e–l-d-f-r-o-m-f-i-e-l-d-s-a-p-p-e-a-l-e-d-o-n-c-e-u-n-s-e-a-l-e-d-b-y-
burp.
At first, I thought this might have to do with Keenan being a Vintner and possibly having to choose between touring and wine-making in late 2019.
Then, it occurred to me the legal battles Tool has endured during the making of the upcoming release.
Probably thought about this too hard.
Yeah, I think you have thought about this too hard. I doubt Maynard is skipping anything. We won’t see many, if any dates in August, September and October.