Maynard James Keenan tornou pública a seleção de 80 músicas que o acompanhou durante a criação de “Normal Isn’t”, quinto álbum do Puscifer, previsto para 6 de fevereiro.
O vocalista divulgou a lista em 2 de dezembro, oferecendo um panorama do que influenciou as sessões gravadas no Arizona, em Los Angeles e na estrada durante a turnê Sessanta. Enquanto os parceiros Carina Round e Mat Mitchell preferiram playlists enxutas, Keenan mergulhou em faixas que vão do pós-punk dos anos 80 ao industrial do fim da década de 90.
Entre os destaques aparecem Tones on Tail, Bauhaus, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails e Dead Can Dance, confirmando a forte inclinação do músico pelo repertório alternativo britânico. A diversidade, segundo Mat Mitchell, dialoga com o conceito do novo trabalho: “Retiramos as barreiras e deixamos a música mais agressiva”.
Keenan acrescentou que o álbum reflete “o período em que vivemos”, reforçando o papel do grupo como observador social. As gravações contaram com Greg Edwards no baixo, Gunnar Olsen e Sarah Jones na bateria, além das participações especiais de Tony Levin e Danny Carey em faixas pontuais.
Com pré-venda já disponível, “Normal Isn’t” será promovido em uma turnê norte-americana que começa em 20 de março, em Las Vegas, e termina em 14 de maio no Greek Theatre, em Los Angeles, passando por cidades como Phoenix, Nova York e Red Rocks, no Colorado.
Confira a lista:
- Tones On Tail – “Means Of Escape”
- Lords Of The New Church – “Russian Roulette”
- Depeche Mode – “In Your Room”
- Tones On Tail – “You, The Night And The Music”
- Bauhaus – “She’s In Parties”
- Art Of Noise – “Close (To The Edit)”
- Tears For Fears – “Suffer The Children”
- Bauhaus – “Slice Of Life”
- The Smiths – “What Difference Does It Make?” (John Peel Session, 5/18/83)
- The Cure – “Lovesong”
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Israel” (7″ single version)
- The Church – “Under The Milky Way”
- Nine Inch Nails – “Into The Void”
- The Smiths – “The Headmaster Ritual”
- Tones On Tail – “Now We Lustre”
- The Cure – “Fascination Street”
- Christian Death – “Spiritual Cramp” (Mission UK Mix)
- Bauhaus – “King Volcano”
- Killing Joke – “Eighties
- The Damned – “Grimly Fiendish”
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Christine”
- Einstürzende Neubauten – “Die Interimsliebenden”
- Killing Joke – “Kings And Queens”
- The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now?”
- Nine Inch Nails – “The Day The World Went Away”
- Cocteau Twins – “Wax And Wane”
- Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
- Dead Can Dance – “Chant Of The Paladin”
- The Cure – “Pictures Of You”
- Cocteau Twins – “Pandora”
- Swans – “Coward”
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Spellbound”
- The Sisters Of Mercy – “The Corrosion”
- Depeche Mode – “I Feel You”
- Tones On Tail – “Go!”
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Arabian Knights”
- Tones On Tail – “Shakes”
- Cocteau Twins – “Lorelei”https://metalinjection.net/robots.txt?upapi=trueAD
- Tones On Tail – “Rain”
- Dead Can Dance – “The Spider’s Stratagem”
- New Order – “Blue Monday”
- Killing Joke – “Tension”
- Christian Death – “Sleepwalk”
- The Sisters Of Mercy – “Lucretia My Reflection”
- Joy Division – “Transmission”
- Lords Of The New Church – “Open Your Eyes”
- The Smiths – “Bigmouth Strikes Again”
- Tones On Tail – “Christian Says”
- Tones On Tail – “O.K. This Is The Pops”
- Bauhaus – “Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores”
- Depeche Mode – “Never Let Me Down Again”
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them For Me”
- New Order – “Shellshock” (7″ Edit)
- Tones On Tail – “Burning Skies”
- Sisters Of Mercy – “Flood II”
- Slint – “Breadcrumb Trail”
- Nine Inch Nails – “The Wretched”
- Cocteau Twins – “Cicely”
- Dead Can Dance – “Mother Tongue”
- Einstürzende Neubauten – “Nagorny Karabach”
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “From Her To Eternity”
- Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dizzy”
- Swans – “Money Is Flesh”
- Bauhaus – “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
- Tears For Fears – “Ideas As Opiates”
- Slint – “Don, Aman”
- Slot – “An Evening In Eastpointe” (Playground Version)
- Spahn Ranch – “Breath And Taxes”
- Tears For Fears – “Change”
- Tones On Tails – “Copper”
- Spahn Ranch – “Antibody”
- Einstürzende Neubauten – “Yu-Gung” (Adrian Sherwood Mix)
- Tones On Tails – “Real Life”
- The Sisters Of Mercy – “Never Land” (Full Length)
- Nine Inch Nails – “I’m Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally”
- Swans – “Greed”
- The Cure – “Lullaby”
- The Verve – “Gravity Grave”
- The Young Gods – “Skinflowers”
- Depeche Mode – “World In My Eyes” (7″ Version)



