In a recent interview with Kerrang magazine, Danny Carey spoke about Legends of the Seagullmen as well as a slightly more in depth update on the new Tool album. There are no particularly insightful revelations, and Danny does joke around with 2018 and 2019 a bit, which suggest to me maybe he’s not super confident of it being this year (though he does go on to reaffirm it will be 2018).
In points worth noting (which I’ve somewhat paraphrased):
- He says Adam and Justin come up with the weirdest shit and he tries to anchor and simplify it.
- Maynard then has the ability to simplify it further
- The tracks are long. Too long for the radio
- The new music “definitely sounds like Tool, but it’s an evolution” hence the title on the magazine cover.
Danny also recent spoke with MusicRadar, again mostly about Legend of the Seagullmen. This one is a pretty interesting read, though it doesn’t go into Tool much except for the now standard “definitely this year” line about the new album.
In my opinion – it’s great to see Danny speaking with confidence about the new album. There’s little doubt in my mind they’re now on the home stretch. As to whether it’ll be out in 2018? I’m still a little skeptical for now, though I am reasonably confident we’ll at least see them recording this year. For me the hype train is firmly in the station, until they confirm hitting the studio…
