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Minds Under Construction @mindsunderconstruction.wordpress.com@mindsunderconstruction.wordpress.com ·Mindfulness marca A Perfect Circle @ Berlin, 2026
Turneul A Perfect Circle din 2026, primul după aproape 8 ani în care am putut vedea trupa live, este o reafirmare reușită a motivelor pentru care muzica aduce lumea împreună și a ne ajuta să ne desprindem, fie și pentru câteva ore, de grijile cotidiene. Nici ploia nu ne-a oprit, nici notificările nu ne-au mai deranjat, respectând dorința lui Maynard James Keenan ca telefoanele să rămână în buzunare. De altfel, ne-a avertizat că cei care nu respecta regula, vor fi judecați de Cel de Sus. Nu te joci cu-așa ceva!
Maynard James Keenan from A Perfect Circle performs on stage (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)Trupa își face apariția pe ritmurile fragmentate ale piesei „The Package”, o melodie atipică de rock alternativ pe care cele mai multe formații ar fi păstrat-o pentru mijlocul concertului. A Perfect Circle a ales însă să-și deschidă al doilea album cu această piesă, iar aici, la fel ca pe disc, ea stabilește tonul unui spectacol construit cu grijă, care alternează permanent între momente de tensiune și de respiro.
În stilul său caracteristic, solistul Maynard James Keenan evită să fie în centrul atenției, cântând de pe o platformă ridicată amplasată în spatele scenei, aproape în întuneric. Este o alegere deliberată, Maynard spunând de mai multe ori că nu este de acord cu concertele în care întreaga atenție este concentrată asupra solistului și preferă ca publicul să urmărească trupa ca un întreg, lăsându-i pe Billy Howerdel și pe basistul Matt McJunkins să ocupe prim-planul scenei.
L-R Matt McJunkins, Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel from A Perfect Circle (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)După un scurt salut, trupa interpretează trei piese esențiale de pe albumul „Eat the Elephant” (2018). Respectând ordinea de pe disc, începe cu melancolica „Disillusioned”, care întărește mesajul lui Maynard adresat publicului de a trăi concertul în prezent, fără distragerile provocate de tehnologie. Ca un fun fact, piesa s-a născut în urma recenziilor negative lăsate pe Yelp cramei pe care Keenan o deține, devenind o critică la adresa culturii anulării și a gratificării instantanee. Revenind la concert, au urmat „The Contrarian”, cu ritmul său moderat și atmosfera post-metal, iar apoi „The Doomed”, special pentru cei care folosesc telefoane la concerte :).
De aici înainte, A Perfect Circle îi poartă pe spectatori prin întreaga sa istorie muzicală, cu „Blue”, „Rose”, „Weak and Powerless”, coverul după Lennon „Imagine”, cele mai puternice aplauze ale serii nefiind rezervate hiturilor, ci pieselor „Gravity” și „Orestes”.
În mod oarecum neașteptat, exact atunci când energia din public atinge punctul culminant, trupa părăsește scena pentru o pauză de 10 minute. Evident, așteptarea pare să facă parte din planul trupei de a ne testa cât timp putem sta fără să butonăm.
Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle performs during their Starless tour (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)Concertul reîncepe în forță cu „Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums”, un industrial tăios și agresiv, conceput în perioada administrației George W. Bush și cu atât mai actual în contextul tendințelor actualului lider de la Casa Albă.
Fascinant ca întotdeauna, în acea seară domnul Maynard a fost într-o formă excelentă și a sunat extraordinar de la început până la sfârșit. Și Josh Freese se vede că e antrenat, din moment ce și la concertul de la Berlin i-a ieșit faza cu sticla aruncată de Maynard (în mijlocul melodiei îi aruncă o sticlă, Freese o prinde din zbor și continuă să cânte fără să piardă ritmul). Am prins momentul, din greșeală, pe „Judith”, singura melodie pe care ne-a lăsat să filmăm.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2A_RtRTEKDw
După noua piesă „Starless”, A Perfect Circle încheie seara cu „Judith”, interpretată cu aceeași furie și aceeași intensitate care a făcut-o memorabilă încă din anul 2000.
O singură obiecție am avut: absența „Passive” este una dureroasă, ceea ce mă bagă la cheltuială, că trebuie să mai cumpăr un bilet pentru următorul turneu. În rest, mesajul „time to put the silicon obsession down” s-a auzit foarte bine, inclusiv printre cei care păreau să-i fie principala țintă, partea botoxată a publicului. Doar că nu sunt sigură că a fost și înțeles.
Related:
https://mindsunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2022/10/07/10-melodii-esentiale-de-la-radiohead/
https://mindsunderconstruction.wordpress.com/2023/07/24/cum-a-fost-iggy-pop-electric-castle-2023/
#APerfectCircle #APerfectCircle2026 #Berlin #BillyHowerdel #concertBerlin #EatTheElephant #JoshFreese #Judith #MaynardJamesKeenan #muzicăLive #recenzieConcert #rockAlternativ -
A Perfect Circle Confirms Work on New Album During European Tour, Releases Limited ‘Starless’ Vinyl
A Perfect Circle has been creating new music after releasing their single “Starless” in late May. Guitarist Billy…
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A Perfect Circle have returned with the new single “Starless,” marking the band's latest release ahead of their first European and U.K. tour in eight years.
Details: https://metalinsider.net/video/a-perfect-circle-return-with-new-single-starless
#APerfectCircle #MaynardJamesKeenan #BillyHowerdel #JoshFreese #Starless #AlternativeMetal #RockNews
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A Perfect Circle have returned with the new single “Starless,” marking the band's latest release ahead of their first European and U.K. tour in eight years.
Details: https://metalinsider.net/video/a-perfect-circle-return-with-new-single-starless
#APerfectCircle #MaynardJamesKeenan #BillyHowerdel #JoshFreese #Starless #AlternativeMetal #RockNews
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A Perfect Circle estrena por sorpresa ‘Starless’, su primera canción inédita desde 2024 | #RollingStoneES
#aperfectcircle #billyhowerdel #maynardjameskeenan #metal #rock #starless
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A Perfect Circle estrena por sorpresa ‘Starless’, su primera canción inédita desde 2024 | #RollingStoneES
#aperfectcircle #billyhowerdel #maynardjameskeenan #metal #rock #starless
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A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms (2000, US)
Our next spotlight is on number 590 on The List, submitted by Canine. In 3 weeks, this beautiful debut album from the Tool-/NIN-offshoot (or, "supergroup", depending on your definition) will be a quarter of a century old so. If you haven't heard it yet, it's the perfect time to give this one a spin.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/05/05/a-perfect-circle-mer-de-noms-2000-us/
Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/ca/i/723435992
Happy listening!
#APerfectCircle #BillyHowerdel #MaynardJamesKeenan #DannyLohner #JoshFreese #TroyVanLeeuwen #PazLenchantin #AltMetal #AltRock #ProgRock #music #1001OtherAlbums
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A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms (2000, US)
Our next spotlight is on number 590 on The List, submitted by Canine.
A Perfect Circle is sort of an off-shoot of Tool (or, TOOL?[1]), as it was founded by Billy Howerdel, who had been Tool’s guitar tech during their Ænima era and who invited Tool’s Maynard James Keenan to join as the vocalist. Or, perhaps, we could say APC is an off-shoot of Nine Inch Nails, as Howerdel had also been a guitar tech for them circa The Downward Spiral era – and had actually made his stage debut when he had to fill in on guitar for a bleeding and dazed Trent Reznor[2] – and another APC member, Danny Lohner (aka Renholdër), had also played for NIN (in the TDS and The Fragile eras) at this point. I’ve seen the term “supergroup” bandied about when reading stuff about APC too, though I’m not sure that term necessarily applies to their debut album lineup – rounded out by Josh Freese (then of The Vandals and post-1996 reunion-era Devo),[3] Troy Van Leeuwen (formerly of Failure), and Paz Lenchantin (later of a bunch of stuff including post-Deal Pixies, but I believe APC was her first break). And then, of course, there’s the sorta lazy labelling of the band as Keenan’s side project (though, granted, his involvement likely is what got them signed from the get-go on Virgin)… Anyway, however we want to describe their origins, people were clearly stoked about this band and this album – the band played Coachella in October 1999 and was already on tour for a month with NIN (for Fragility 2.0) by the time Mer de Noms was released, which then entered the Billboard 200 charts at the highest point a rock band’s debut album ever had (no. 4).
And almost exactly 25 years later, I can see why! I had never heard this album (or band) before getting ready for this spotlight, and I immediately found it really beautiful, somehow nostalgic too. Unlike the one time I listened to a Tool album, Keenan’s voice in this album quite often snaps me out of whatever doomy thoughts my brain is caught up in, as I hear sprinkles of other things I’m familiar with here and there – e.g., King Woman’s Kris Esfandiari in places (“Orestes”), Gary Numan in others (“Judith”), and dog only knows how many ghosts of the CCM[4] I used to listen to in another life throughout. I’ve since listened to this a couple times and expect to continue returning to it. For me, the stand-out tracks are the heartbreaking single “Judith”, “Renholdër” (about Lohner), and “Breña”. “Over” is also a great segue into a NIN-listening session, if one is so inclined (as I am…).
Btw, in celebration of Keenan’s 61st birthday, APC is currently in the middle of their US (plus Toronto) Sessanta V2.0 tour with Primus and Puscifer! So, if you’re unlucky enough to be there (sorry) and need some distraction/can swing it, perhaps see if they’re in your town!
- According to a very scientific Fediverse poll asking if the band’s name is spelled with normal capitalization or in all caps, 69% (noice) said all caps. However, as those in the comments to that poll pointed out, a third survey option I failed to include could be all lowercase (as per the covers of both of their albums we have in The List). But, also, a stylized spelling of any sort isn’t noted on the band’s Wikipedia page, even though these sorts of things usually are pointed out, especially for well-known bands. Seeing as the logo has changed from all caps to all lowercase and back again, and both “Tool” and “TOOL” (but not “tool”) are seen on the band’s website/socials, perhaps there is no right answer? Or, perhaps the answer has been in you all along. ↩︎
- www.revolvermag.com/music/billy-howerdel-recalls-subbing-bleeding-trent-reznor-wild-nine-inch-nails-show/ ↩︎
- The original APC drummer was Tim Alexander of Primus, but Freese replaced him fairly soon after the band entered the studio to record Mer de Noms. Alexander’s only APC studio contributions are on the album’s first track. Alexander has rejoined and left Primus multiple times, most recently leaving at the end of last year, so unfortunately he won’t be on stage with APC for the Sessanta V2.0 tour mentioned above. ↩︎
- Stands for Contemporary Christian music. In a replay of what I experienced when I first listened to Downward Spiral a year ago, it’s clear to me that CCM bands I really dug around the time these two albums came out were very inspired by NIN and APC, if not completely ripping them off. ↩︎
#APerfectCircle #altMetal #altRock #BillyHowerdel #DannyLohner #JoshFreese #MaynardJamesKeenan #PazLenchantin #progRock #TroyVanLeeuwen