For those of you who don’t know already, Puscifer’s album, V Is for Vagina, was released at Midnight, October 30. It took a while longer for the album to show up in the iTunes Music Store, but I was eventually able to download it. After very patiently waiting for the downloads to finish, I listened through the entire album. Then I listened through the entire album again.
The album is very good. It’s unlike anything you’ve heard from Maynard before. If you don’t know who Maynard is, he’s Tool’s front man. V Is for Vagina sounds absolutely nothing like Tool or like A Perfect Circle. The music for the most part is quite industrial sounding; and, as I said in my last post about Puscifer, it bears somewhat of a resemblance to the Gorillaz. The similarities are, however, quite limited. It is much more industrial and quite a bit darker overall than anything by the Gorillaz. Maynard’s vocals are also quite a bit more powerful.
The album has a variety of sounds as the songs were made in coordination with various other musicians. All of them do, however, have a consistent enough sound that they sound like they should be on one album together.
The major complaint I would have is that most of the tracks have an obvious ‘white noise’ in the background, which is usually a sign of poor recording quality. It seems surprising to me that anything done by Maynard would have poor recording quality, but the white noise is undeniably there.
Other than that, the album is worth every single cent you spend on it. In fact, I think I’m going to listen to it again now.
For more information and a preview of the album, visit Puscifer’s official website here: http://www.puscifer.com
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— Alex
Absoulutly. Got my copy through puscifer.com where i have also spent 1/2 a grand on maynards clothing line including the paul frank limited edition leather jacket and the high visibility orange hoodie as seen being worn by mjk throughout the tool tour
This album was awful. It wasn’t even worth playing twice – and this is coming from a big Tool and APC fan. Only buy this album if you have an unhealthy obsession with Maynard James Keenan.
Vito –
Well, as the review stated, and that is the truth – this sounds nothing like neither Tool nor APC. So saying that you are a big Tool and APC fan doesn’t really matter. It’s a great album, but if you expect it to be like any of Maynard’s previous stuff you won’t be impressed.
This was a great album, and I AM a huge Tool/A Perfect Circle fan. I love the vocal styles Maynard Keenan chose to use. It was as if he was singing a lullaby to you on “Momma Sed”. It’s a really great album, and I would recommend it to anybody whose a big fan of Maynard James Keenan. Also this review was horrible, but I’m glad you liked the album. Top two tracks:
“Momma Sed”
“Indigo Children”
Awful album, reeks of poorly fleshed-out half-ideas and overdone production tricks. Not “industrial” even in the remotest way, so I have no idea how you came to that conclusion.
And what’s with the tacky t-shirt designs? Is there really demand for ugly crypto-raver art or will Tool fans absolutely buy anything remotely connected to the band?