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Maynard James Keenan\u2019s Puscifer project will return early next year with its first album in five years, Normal Isn\u2019t<\/a>, which will arrive Feb. 6 from Puscifer Entertainment\/Alchemy Recordings\/BMG. The lead track, \u201cSelf Evident,\u201d is out now in tandem with a video filmed at a special album preview event at Exchange L.A. in August.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead 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,\u201d says group member Carina Round of Keenan, who contributed more full song ideas this time around. \u201cIn Puscifer, any idea can totally change without any preciousness, and everybody is on board \u2014 not unlike an insane asylum. We found each other because we\u2019re demented in a symbiotic way.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Spin:<\/p>\n Said to channel \u201cthe post-punk influences that shaped the members\u2019 early musical experiences while pushing into darker, more guitar-driven territory,\u201d Normal Isn\u2019t \u201creflects this time we are living in,\u201d says Keenan. \u201cAs 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Beyond core members Keenan, Round and Mat Mitchell, the project sports contributions from Tool drummer Danny Carey, legendary King Crimson\/Peter Gabriel bassist Tony Levin, drummers Sarah Jones and Gunnar Olsen and bassist Greg Edwards. Atticus Ross\u2019 father Ian narrates the song \u201cSeven One.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the outset, we had discussed an element of rawness and edge, which guitar brings,\u201d says Mitchell, who also co-produced the album. \u201cWe got rid of the guard rails and made the music more aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n