No one can be certain exactly when we’ll be getting a new album from Tool, but we do know the details on a new memoir by frontman Maynard James Keenan. As Rolling Stone reports, A Perfect Union of Contrary Things will be out November 8, and the 320-page book serves as Keenan’s authorized biography. It was co-written by author Sarah Jensen, and today, a teaser trailer for the book was posted online. Watch it below.
“It’s a story, a metaphor for stepping into the light,” says Keenan in the YouTube description. “All stories are true, whether or not they’re factual. They have power, and tapping into them puts us in a headspace that anything is possible.”
A Perfect Union of Contrary Things, its been revealed, traces “Keenan’s journey from his Midwest childhood to his years in the Army to his time in art school, from his stint at a Boston pet shop to his place in the international spotlight and his influence on contemporary music and regional winemaking”.
In this 2006 interview with A.V. Club, Keenan says the pet store he worked at, with a role as a shop designer, was actually in Cambridge, but not much information on his employment is available online. So it’s clear what chapter us here in Massachusetts are most interested in.
The book will feature interviews with the musician’s family and friends, and includes foreword by Alex Grey, the vision behind the artwork from Tool’s 10,000 Days and Lateralus albums.