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Conditions of My Parole tracklist & preview

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Tom emailed me today a link to Amazon where you can preview the tracks from the upcoming Puscifer album Conditions of My Parole.  Each track has a 30 second preview, and for those who don’t feel like following the link, here’s the tracklist:

  1. Tiny Monsters
  2. Green Valley
  3. Monsoons
  4. Telling Ghosts
  5. Horizons
  6. Man Overboard
  7. Toma
  8. The Rapture (Fear Is a Mind Killa Mix)
  9. Conditions of My Parole
  10. The Weaver
  11. Oceans
  12. Tumbleweed

Enjoy! I also expect the tour dates for the Nov-Dec Puscifer shows will be released in the next week or so.

Carina leaks Puscifer tour details

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The beautiful Carina Round has mentioned in her latest newsletter that the 2011 Puscifer Tour will take place between the 10th of November and the 15th of December with the band playing 21 shows.  Given that’s just over a month in length, I’d expect the tour to be somewhat extensive.  I expect more details will be announced in the coming weeks!

It’s also worth mentioning that Carina has a new single The Last Time which is released on the 8th of November.  The single will feature a Puscifer remix of the track “Girl and the Ghost” and will be available digitally and on vinyl.

Thanks to Brent for the tip!

A Perfect Circle 2011 summer tour wrap-up

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A Perfect Circle toured all across the US (and occasionally Canada) this summer and from all reports it was a good, though somewhat controversial tour.

Much of the controversy revolved around the choice of setlist for the tour.  The setlist changed from night to night, however played mainly songs from their last album eMotive.  Many fans, not being such huge fans of this album, were disappointed that they didn’t get to hear more tracks from their favorite albums Mer De Noms and Thirteenth Step.

However those attending the shows generally seemed to enjoy the new additions to the set.  According to Setlist.fm, the following tracks were played on the tour:

  • Every show:
    • Imagine
    • People Are People
    • Passive
    • Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
    • Annihilation
    • Weak and Powerless
    • By And Down
    • The Outsider
    • 3 Libras (All Main Courses Mix)
  • Played most shows:
    • The Hollow
    • When The Levee Breaks
    • (What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
    • Gimme Gimme Gimme
    • The Noose
    • Fiddle And The Drum
    • What’s Going One
  • And a selection of these songs each night:
    • Rose
    • Magdalena
    • Gravity
    • The Package
    • Orestes
    • Blue

 

Personally, I was disappointed to read that the set was largely covers.  Far be it for me to dictate to a band what they should and shouldn’t play, but I find it a little distasteful that a band I’d pay money to see play a set with so many cover songs in it.  If I wanted to see a covers band I could go down to the local pub and see one for nothing.  That said, I do wish I could have seen the tour for myself.  It’s all too easy to judge a band on their setlist, not taking into account the atmosphere and dynamics of the show.

Speaking of which, from all reports the stage setup and lighting was excellent, with the band playing in front of a large metallic curtain with the APC logo on it.  As usual, Junior seems to have done a fine job with the lighting.

One thing many found quite interesting about the shows was that a new song, By And Down was played.  Normally the final song in the set, this moody song sounds more like a Thirteenth Step track than a Mer De Noms one, and there are plenty of bootlegs available on Youtube for those interested.

A reasonable number of you attended the shows as VIPs, and the reports from that experience were generally pretty positive.  VIPs received an APC bag, a poster and possibly some other stuff, and also got the change to experience the sound check, as well as get some premium seats at the shows.  There were a few hiccups here and there, but it seems as the though the VIP tickets offered good value for those that picked them up.

Some were even lucky enough to catch some of the band after the shows.  By all accounts the band were quite happy to chat with fans (though Maynard generally was nowhere to be seen).  Word is that there will be a new album, but don’t expect it any time soon.  A certain member has other priorities in the coming months/years…

One of which of course is Puscifer.  We’ve already been warned to expect a tour in October/November.  On the Ashes Divide front, they are close to completing a new album, so I’d be expecting to hear that and a tour as well, probably early 2012.

Parole Pre-Orders and Cover Art

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According to Facebook this morning, Conditions of My Parole, the new Puscifer album due on October 18 is now available for pre-order both in CD and Double Gate Fold Vinyl version. Purchases made from the Puscifer store are expected to ship slightly before release so you’ll have this album in your greasy mits the day of (or close to) release…

The cover art has also been revealed:

If you’d rather order it from Amazon you can do so here:

Official stream of Puscifer’s Man Overboard

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For those of you that missed it, the official stream on the new Puscifer track Man Overboard can be found on the Spin website.  Not sure if the track is available on iTunes yet, from memory it should be available by the 19th of July though.

If sea shanties are your thing, then you may enjoy these lyrics thrown together by polarbear_15:

Blood sky, red mornin’
Shoulda’ seen the warnin’.

Captain to the seamen,
"Man your battlestations.
Poseidon’s on a mission,
‘Bout to turn it up to 11."

Captain to the seaman,
"Assume crash positions.
Toss the extras over,
About to take on water."

Blood sky, red mornin’ (*whisper* All hands on deck.)
Shoulda’ seen the warnin’. (*whisper* All hands on deck.)
Poseidon’s on a mission, (*whisper* Brace yourself.)
‘Bout to turn it up to 11.

Mind the sails, mind the sails!
All hands on, all hands on deck!
Women and children first!
Bail sailor, bail, bail, bail!

Brace yourself, brace yourself. (Brace yourself, brace yourself.)
Brace yourself, brace yourself for 12.
All hands on, all hands on deck.
All hands on, all hands on…

Blood sky, red mornin’ (All hands on, all hands on deck!)
Shoulda’ seen the warnin’. (Woulda’, coulda’, shoulda’, shoulda’!)
Poseidon’s on a mission, (Brace yourself, brace yourself!)
About to turn it up to 11. (Brace yourself, brace yourself for 12!)

Captain to the seaman, (Here come the gales, mind the sails!)
Assume crash positions. (All hands on, all hands on deck!)
Toss the extras over, (Women and children, women and children first!)
about to take on water. (Bail sailor, bail, bail, bail!)

Poseidon’s on a mission, (Brace yourself, brace yourself!)
About to turn it up to 11. (Brace yourself, brace yourself for 12!)
Poseidon’s on a mission, (Brace yourself, brace yourself!)
About to turn it up to 11. (Brace yourself, brace yourself for 12!)

Personally, I quite like the track and think it’s better than anything released off the last few EP/albums.  The lyrics certainly are entertaining.

New Puscifer Track on Monday, Tool “Tweet”

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According to quite a few sites out there, Man Overboard, the first track from the new Puscifer album Conditions of My Parole will be played on Monday morning.  According to metal.com:

If you’re awake in time, tune your radio at 9 am eastern/6 am pacific to Sirius XM 36 (Alt Nation) to hear Man Overboard as well as an in-studio interview with Maynard James Keenan, Matt McJunkins and Jeff Friedl. Hopefully for those of us who sleep in the track will also be replayed later in the day.
Spin will post a streaming version of the song Monday morning. The single, Man Overboard, will be available via iTunes, Amazon.com and through other digital service providers on Tuesday, July 19.

After hearing the short preview, I’m looking forward to hearing the full track. 

In other news, there was a tweet on the Tool Twitter account, presumably by Maynard, which pointed to some Japanese Heavy Metal alleging that it’s in studio footage.  Think of that what you will…

Conditions of My Parole Countdown

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Most have you have already seen this I imagine (I didn’t get a chance to post if before I left for work) but Puscifer have a new Conditions of My Parole website, which contains a countdown to the albums release.  As I read this we have 13 weeks, 4 days, 15 hours, 20 minutes and 12 seconds left until this collection of court ordered salty dance hits is released!