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Music: A Perfect Circle
Only a year after the release of their sophomore disc ‘The Thirteenth Step’, A Perfect Circle have now released their new album ‘Emotive’. While the endeavor is risky, especially due to its focus on anti-war sentiments, it does have its best moments spread throughout the 12-number disc.
Kicking off with a creepy interpretation of Crucifix’s Annihilation, the sentiments of the band are quite apparent. Its piano-oriented music makes it a solid tribute to John Lennon, though it is not as emotional as the original composition by the giant himself.
The stand-out track Passive featuring Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails on vocals is one of the two original APC songs on this album and has a different interpretation towards war. Its thundering conclusion is bound to blow you away, and the exquisite background vocals cannot be ignored at any cost. Covers of Black Flag’s Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie and Devo’s Freedom of Choice are commendable. It’s better not to talk about the sarcastic Let’s Have a War, an embarrassment to the otherwise “sane” album. And what are the fiddle and drum doing on a rock album?
Politically, this album may hold no significance, but at least APC is humble enough to admit that the veteran musicians of yesterday were indeed great, and have tried to re-create their efforts to promote peace and harmony in the world.
A Perfect Circle also proves with this record that they produce music for their artistic satisfaction only, and not as an attempt to earn money. But what are strange here are the band’s contradictory ideas, as the tracks Passive and the cover of Nick Lowe’s Peace, Love and Understanding can be as clashing as can be.
Syeda Mahwish Fatima Naqvi
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