Except for i don't like Alex Grey's work, i think the Latrealus cover was pretty well made on the technical level of design. Tool has the money to make their artwork special, see Lateralus. Everyone would want that if they would release a record. They want this album to be special, epic, and whatnot. They must have hired somebody to do art direction on their album cover, it is predictable that this will be a multi million times selling record, available from almost every single record store on the western hemisphere. Look, it's not only that the logo says "fool", but also its typographical quality is so low, any second grade design student would have a good laugh looking at it. But the last couple of days changed my mind. I didn't give a fuck about Systolic's conspiracy theories, and thought oh well, they won't pull that same Systema Encephale hoax again. True, that's why i always tried to stay out of the "teh tracklist is fake" wagon. I'm not saying you are wrong, but when you want to find something bad enough, you will find it everywhere. Just because the t looks like an f doesn't mean that THAT is what Blair is referring to. The remaining days until April will be fun.īut if you believe a certain thing, your brain looks for things to support it. It is the build up towards their April Fools prank. Here he talks about fucking US, and all the people who already figured out the joke, and confirms it as a joke. Well, to you, I will only say that you will not be disappointed… It seems that a few of you (those who have commented on the artwork) are also anticipating ‘the bigger picture’ – that which you’ve become accustomed to over the years when it comes to Tool’s art direction. I mean, he must have received tons of e-mails with people telling him how they think it's a hoax, this is what he is talking about when he says "i appreciate some of your personal thoughts". It is the "fool" logo, this is the prank. Well, to you, I will only say that you will not be disappointed… and that the key is right there before your very eyes. Just one last thing for now: I’ve been reading many of the comments on the TA message board (as well as those flooding my in-box) about this particular piece of cover art, and I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate some of your personal thoughts and perceptive insight into the symbology and deeper levels of the striking imagery.
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Okay? Just one last thing for now: I’ve been reading many of the comments on the TA message board (as well as those flooding my in-box) about this particular piece of cover art, and I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate some of your personal thoughts and perceptive insight into the symbology and deeper levels of the striking imagery. However, we also wanted to give you a look at the new logo, so we placed it above the album mini. With that said, the image that we posted on the Tool websites is how this piece of artwork will actually look with the packaging. Because Amazon and others need to include the band’s name and album title along with the artwork so that potential customers will know whose CD it is (don’t ask me why). Okay? Now, I can hear some of you saying to yourself: “But why does the image on Amazon and the other sites have the logo and album title superimposed over the artwork… when the image on the Tool websites doesn’t?” The answer is quite simple. For those who still don’t know, it’s what a business (such as Amazon) uses to advertise a new product (such as the new Tool CD).
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Now that it’s out there for all to see, hopefully some of you who have been asking what exactly an album mini is might have a better idea.
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Some of you may have seen the album mini for Tool’s 10,000 Days on Amazon and on other sites that was posted ONE DAY after we showed it to you on this site (which is what we expected, and why we posted it when we did).