A Perfect Circle have signed with record label BMG with Billy Howerdel telling us:
We just signed a new record deal with BMG! Looking forward to sharing new music with you soon. New APC-2017!
A few music sites around the place were pretty quick to jump on the idea that A Perfect Circle would have an album out in 2017. Â Maynard pretty quickly hosed down those suggestions with a typically to the point Twitter post:
Don’t believe every click bait headline you read.
— Maynard J Keenan (@mjkeenan) March 31, 2017
My thoughts are that unless APC have an album in the bag, it seems unlikely that a 2017 release will happen. Â With an A Perfect Circle and Tool tour in the coming months, I find it a little hard to believe either band will find the time to record before Maynard’s wine harvest duties commence.
Sure, they may have written some songs, and could be well down the track towards recording, but there doesn’t seem to be any suggestion they have yet. Â It feels very similar to the Tool situation to me – plenty of songwriting, and possibly even some songs done but no actual confirmation of recording happening.
My expectation is that maybe we’ll see a single or EP by years end, with possibly a new song or two in the tour setlist, and then a new full length sometime in 2018.
The question is of course – can Tool and A Perfect Circle both release an album in 2018?
