Puscifer have just announced their fifth studio album, Normal Isn’t. Following the album's February 6th release, the band will embark on a North American tour. In conjunction with the announcement, the band has released the music video for the first single, "Self Evident."
Though it's Puscifer's first record of new music since 2020's Existential Reckoning, the band has kept busy in the intervening years. Last year saw the release of "The Algorithm" for the American Psycho comic book soundtrack and a series of shows celebrating Maynard James Keenan's 60th birthday. This past July they released the career retrospective In Case You Were Napping.
Keenan sheds light on what fans can expect from the new album:
"We're definitely leaning into our early influences. It's the place where goth meets punk. It's where I came from."
Co-vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Carina Round adds,
"Instead of just saying, 'I want this to sound like Fleetwood Mac on cocaine if they had a baby with PJ Harvey,' Maynard was showing us his intention, which was really cool. In Puscifer, any idea can totally change without any preciousness, and everybody is on board – not unlike an insane asylum. We found each other because we’re demented in a symbiotic way."
Bandmate and multi-instrumentalist Mat Mitchell, who co-produced the record, describes its recording process:
"From the outset, we had discussed an element of rawness and edge, which guitar brings. We got rid of the guard rails and made the music more aggressive."
Normal Isn't also features contributions from Greg Edwards (bass) and Gunnar Olsen (drums), and Sarah Jones (drums) as well as guest appearances from Tool drummer Danny Carey, bass legend Tony Levin, and Ian (father of Atticus) Ross.
Artist ticket pre-sale starts Wednesday, October 22nd, at 10am local time using promo code PSC26 via Ticketmaster. General tickets go on sale Friday, October 24th at 10 a.m. local time.
The music video for "Self Evident," directed by the aforementioned Mitchell and María Aceves Diego, was filmed at a special concert at Exchange L.A. where the band previewed the entire album.
Normal Isn’t tracklist:
01. Thrust
02. Normal Isn’t
03. Bad Wolf
04. Self Evident
05. A Public Stoning
06. The Quiet Parts
07. Mantastic
08. Pendulum
09. ImpetuoUs
10. Seven One
11. The Algorithm (Sessanta Live Mix)
Puscifer 2026 Tour
03/20 Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
03/21 Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
03/24 Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
03/25 Dallas, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park
03/27 Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
03/28 Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
03/31 Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
04/01 Durham, NC @ DPAC Durham Performing Arts Center
04/03 Bethlehem, PA @ Wind Creek Event Center
04/04 Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
04/07 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/08 Hershey, PA @ Hershey Theatre
04/10 Mashantucket, CT @ Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino
04/11 Atlantic City, NJ @ Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort
04/15 Niagara Falls, ON @ OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
04/16 Akron, OH @ Akron Civic Theatre
04/18 Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
04/19 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
04/21 Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace
04/23 Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
04/25 Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
04/26 Milwaukee, WI @ Landmark Credit Union Live
04/28 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
04/30 St. Louis, MO @ The Factory
05/01 Kansas City, MO @ The Midland Theatre
05/03 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05/05 Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center
05/08 Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds
05/09 Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
05/11 San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Theatre
05/13 San Diego, CA @ San Diego Civic Theatre
05/14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
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