Maynard James Keenan offers exciting update on Tool’s new album: “Words & Melodies 100% DONE on all but 1 track”

When writing about Tool’s new album, a typical story goes something like this: a member of the band not named Maynard James Keenan offers a promising update about how the album is close to being done, only to have Keenan dampen our anticipation with a single belch. That’s not the case tonight, however, because Keenan himself is the one offering the update.

And it’s somewhat promising news: Keenan has revealed that he finally received “music files from the boys with the word file in the title a few months ago after 11 years of begging,” and he’s since completed the lyrics and melodies for all but one track (!).

Keenan cautioned that the band has yet to track any of the material. There’s also a chance that his bandmates alter the music, which would further delay the process. “Long way from the finish line, but we’re closer,” Keenan noted.

As Keenan himself mentioned to close the tweet, A Perfect Circle’s new album, Eat the Elephant, is finished and will see release on April 20th.