Normal Isn’t will be available on February 6th
Puscifer, the multi-dimensional band featuring Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell and Carina Round, releases Normal Isn’t, their first new album in over five years, on February 6th via Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG. The record channels the post-punk influences that shaped the members’ early musical experiences while pushing into darker, more guitar-driven territory.
“We’re definitely leaning into our early influences,” Keenan shares. “It’s the place where goth meets punk. It’s where I came from.”
The band previews the 11-song collection with the release of “Self Evident” and its accompanying video, filmed during a special August performance at Exchange L.A., where the group previewed the album in full for an intimate crowd of fans.
Written and recorded across Arizona, Los Angeles, and on the road during last year’s Sessanta tour, Normal Isn’t blends the dark electronics and sharp humor Puscifer is known for with a more spontaneous creative process. “From the outset, we had discussed an element of rawness and edge, which the guitar brings,” shares Mitchell, who co-produced the album. “We got rid of the guard rails and made the music more aggressive.”
For Keenan, this release represents a new approach to songwriting. While he’s always been deeply involved in shaping Puscifer’s sound, this time he set-up his own digital recording system and built full song ideas before presenting them to Mat and Carina.
That shift gives the music fresh immediacy, one that Round says changed the dynamic in the studio. “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,” she explains. “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.”
“Normal Isn’t reflects this time we are living in,” Keenan adds. “As storytellers and artists, our job is to observe, interpret, and report. We take in our environment and share what we see, and what we see around us does not appear normal. Not by a long shot.”
Contributors to the new collection include Greg Edwards on bass, Gunnar Olsen and Sarah Jones on drums with guests Tony Levin on bass on “Normal Isn’t” and “Seven One,” Tools’ Danny Carey on drums on “Seven One,” and Mr. Ian Ross (father of Atticus Ross, who narrates “Seven One.”
The album will be available in multiple limited-edition vinyl variants, including standard black, indie retail orange swirl, a Puscifer.com exclusive black ice and clear with black splatter, and a Queen B Vinyl Café fruit punch in tan with black and white splatter. The album is also available on CD, cassette, and digitally.
Puscifer has simultaneously announced a North American tour to support the album, kicking off on March 20th in Las Vegas and closing at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, with stops at New York’s Terminal 5 and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. Tickets and VIP packages are on sale this Friday, October 24th at 10 am local time via Puscifer.com. A 36-hour artist pre-sale begins tomorrow (Wed, Oct 22nd) at 10 am local time using the code PSC26.
1. Thrust
2. Normal Isn’t
3. Bad Wolf
4. Self Evident
5. A Public Stoning
6. The Quiet Parts
7. Mantastic
8. Pendulum
9. ImpetuoUs
10. Seven One
11. The Algorithm (Sessanta Live Mix)
Puscifier 2026 Normal Isn’t North American Tour Dates:
Mar 20 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Mar 21 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
Mar 24 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall
Mar 25 – Dallas, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park
Mar 27 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
Mar 28 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
Mar 31 – Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Apr 1 – Durham, NC @ DPAC – Durham Performing Arts Center
Apr 3 – Bethlehem, PA @ Wind Creek Event Center
Apr 4 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center – Wang Theatre
Apr 7 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Apr 8 – Hershey, PA @ Hershey Theatre
Apr 10 – Mashantucket, CT @ Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino
Apr 11 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort
Apr 15 – Niagara Falls, ON @ OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
Apr 16 – Akron, OH @ Akron Civic Theatre
Apr 18 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
Apr 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
Apr 21 – Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace
Apr 23 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
Apr 25 – Chicago, IL The @ Chicago Theatre
Apr 26 – Milwaukee, WI @ Landmark Credit Union Live
Apr 28 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
Apr 30 – St. Louis, MO @ The Factory
May 1 – Kansas City, MO @ The Midland Theatre
May 3 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
May 5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center
May 8 – Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds
May 9 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
May 11 – San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Theatre
May 13 – San Diego, CA @San Diego Civic Theatre
May 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
