Tool’s bassist, Justin Chancellor, has expressed difficulty in meeting fans’ expectations concerning the release of new music. The band’s fifth album, “Fear Inoculum”, which was released in 2019, was their first full project since “10,000 Days” was released in 2006. Despite that, Chancellor said earlier this year that there were no plans to take 13 years to drop Tool’s sixth album, and that the band would be returning to the studio after their current UK and European tour. Chancellor added that the band had already reunited for writing sessions before embarking on their North American tour in late 2023.
Chancellor while speaking with NME, commented on the band’s new music status and said “it definitely comes on our own terms”. He explained further that the pressure comes only when they announce that they’re working on new music. He also noted that art is “a very strange animal and it has its own schedule”, hence the difficulty in meeting the pressures of fans. The musician added that the band was “aware that people don’t manage to stay together for as long as we have, so the pure fact that we’ve made it this far makes us eager to take it to the next place and create something new”.
Chancellor said that Tool’s approach has always been experimental; hence the band’s uncertainty on how the new project will come together. The musician explained that the band “got a little frustrated a few times, and people needed to go off and do other things just to kind of get the breeze in their hair and get a fresh perspective. When you get stuck, sometimes you need to walk away.”
Chancellor also spoke on the possibility of the band releasing new singles as an alternative plan to the release of a new album, stating that “Another idea is to release singles one at a time, then once they’re all once we’ve accumulated to the length of an album we’ll put that together in a package and release it as an album”. He concluded by saying “As soon as we’ve got something ready to go, there’s a choice of different outlets”.
Tour dates for Tool in the UK for June 2024 were also displayed; the band will perform at the AO Arena in Manchester on the 1st of June and at the O2 in London on the 3rd of June
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