sit down with it and let its madness overtake you
The idea was to be confrontational—to evoke (as Tomata described in an early interview) a state of anxiety
and is resurging again after a couple of hiatuses
is the sound
Still slamming ¼” tape into the red
TOOL – Undertow Country sit down with it andArguably their finest album, this follow up to Opiate showcases Tool at their best, assisted by clean, crisp production, without the muddiness of Aenima. Edgy guitar riffs are complemented by spitting, heavy bass, especially on "Sober" and "Crawl Away". Lyrically, Tool are at their vitriolic best, targeting religious hypocrisy ("Intolerance," "Sober"; always a popular theme), the loss of innocence and it's consequences ("Prison Sex"), and deliberate