Tool talk touring and the timing of new material: “It definitely comes on our own terms”
nme.com‘Fear Inoculum’ – the follow-up to 2006’s ’10,000 Days’.However, recent months have seen the band reassure us that the era of waiting over a decade for new material is behind them, and that they’ll be heading to the studio after their upcoming tour dates to crank out album six.“It’s surreal, because I remember it coming out like it was yesterday,” bassist Justin Chancellor tells NME of ‘Fear Inoculum’ hitting its fifth anniversary. “That being said, we’ve had a really good run for it.
We’ve been touring so extensively and it is really interesting playing the songs for a few years now.”“I’ve noticed that when we go on a new leg of the tour, we feel like we’re learning the songs a little better,” he adds. “It sounds weird, but when you record the songs you think you’ve worked them out… but you’ll never fully understand the scope of them until you start playing them live.
So it’s been a real pleasure to take this time to be exploring them and taking them a bit further.”Now, speaking to NME from his hotel room in Hanover, shortly before their UK and European tour commences, the bassist opens up about what fans can expect from the new material, as well as the member’s current outlook, attitude towards those who fanaticise over their music, and whether they could consider embarking on some stripped-back intimate shows.NME: Hi Justin, let’s talk new material!
You recently said you don’t feel like waiting 13 years again to release a new album. Why did that process work for you in the past?Justin Chancellor: “It was never an intention of ours to do it that way!
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