Hey, with lyrics like 'None of them can hold a candle to you', and 'This little light of mine.I'm gonna let it shine to guide you safely on your way', this isn't really that far away from any typical top 10 hit love song. Far from being as angry and disaffected with her condition as the one previously MJK song that was definitely a reference to Judith - A Perfect Circle's "Judith", naturally - these are more introverted and emotional. It's Justin Chancellor who really impresses here, laying down one of the best basslines of his career on "10,000 Days". "Wings For Marie (Part 1)" and "10,000 Days", the two songs that explicitly refer to her, stand as highlights, the latter being far more gripping over 11 minutes than "Jambi" was at 7. Roughly 10,000 days passed between his mother having a stroke and dying, which explains the title and (lack of) concept quite simply (no need for the conceptual bollocks that weighed down Lateralus, then). The big story of 10,000 Days, of course, is Maynard's desire to deal with his mother Judith Marie's death. Tool still do that sort of thing better than anyone else, but that doesn't stop it being a little underwhelming, especially when Maynard fluffs a golden opportunity to stamp a truly great melody over the song by repeating a handful of strained notes over and over. For pretty much the whole song, it's just basic chugga-chugga hard rock. But, for a song that stands at 7 and a half minutes, you expect a little more interest, especially from a band like Tool, who've managed better than this over 13 minutes before. "Jambi" does sport a very nice, talk-box aided guitar solo, which serves as proof that while Adam Jones is by no means the best guitarist in the world, he remains greatly overlooked by a lot of people. In any case, the bottom line is that "Vicarious" is fantastic, and a more than worthy addition to the Tool canon.įor a while, it doesn't look like the album is going to be able to keep that form up. Those who deride the song on first hearing it, just because it wasn't the giant leap forward they expected, are clearly guilty of expecting too much from what is, don't forget, just four guys with guitars, drums, and a few ideas. Those who listen to Tool for the lyrics will find a lot of joy in this song - Maynard's writing here is fantastic. So what? "Schism" was a great song, and so is "Vicarious". Much has been made of how similar it is to the mighty "Schism". Any band would at least use it as a blueprint for their next release. Lateralus was a runaway success, both commercially and artistically. Turns out the band aren't so unique and mysterious after all. Seemingly, some Tool fans will do anything to prove that they know the band better than every other Tool fan does. If we hadn't, then all the cries that the leak was a fake surely proved it.
Who bought into all the talk, anyway? Surely we've all learnt by now that the majority of the talk surrounding Tool is guff. Tool haven't changed at all in the four years between this and its predecessor.
This is still the exact same band who made Lateralus, and to an extent, Aenima. So perhaps it's inevitable that 10,000 Days showcases a band in stasis. It's going to be like nothing you've ever heard before from Tool. Danny Carey's taken his drumming to a new level entirely.
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