Watch a dancing Maynard James Keenan in surreal video for new Puscifer song Apocalyptical
Puscifer release brand new song Apocalyptical – their first material in five years
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Tool/A Perfect Cricle singer Maynard James Keenan’s other band Puscifer have released a new song, Apocalyptical.
The hypnotic but scabrous five-minute track features Keenan and co-vocalist Carina Round trading lines about the ignorant sleepwalking into doom.
The surreal video sees Maynard in black suit and lipstick cutting some rug against vivid red and green backgrounds, while cameras pan through empty cities.
Puscifer have recently been teasing new activity.
A video posted the band’s Instagram featured a brief snippet of what appeared to be new music, accompanied by the words: “Doin Stuff. More details to follow this weekend."
A second video teased more of the same music, with what looks like a spinning album sleeve and the words "Round 2 of The Teasing."
Both posts were accompanied by the hastags #puscifer2020 and #soon.
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Puscifer reportedly finished recording the follow-up to 2015's Money Shot earlier this year, originally with plans to release it in 2021. But with Keenan’s touring commitments with Tool temporarily curtailed by the COVID-19 panic, it could mean the album has been brought forward.
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