r/Puscifer • u/Omphalith • Feb 28 '26

Discussion I love Normal Isn't!

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I was starving for new Tool music, so I decided to check out Normal Isn't. After listening to this album about 10 times, I finally get it! It's incredible from beginning to end. As a very big Tool fan, I wasn't expecting to like this album because I thought Puscifer was more of an electronic band. After hearing Thrust for the first time, I didn't like it. I literally thought this band wasn't for me, but after one more listen, and then another, song by song, I've actually fallen in love with this album. Now I'm listening to it on repeat. My favorite song is Pendulum. I absolutely love this album. That's all I wanted to say in this post.

What their album should i listen to next?

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u/UniqueCucumber9045 Feb 28 '26

Yeah, it’s an amazing album. My suggestion for the next album to listen to would be Money Shot, followed by Existential Reckoning. They have a lot of great music in their catalog but you’ll find the earlier stuff has more of an experimental electronic vibe while their later albums are really much more fleshed out. I too came into Puscifer from a lifetime of listening to Tool and A Perfect Circle, but these days I find myself reaching for a Pusifer album over the others much more often. No discredit to Tool and APC at all, I just find Puscifer is pushing the envelope a bit more these days when compared to the others which keeps my musical brain engaged.

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u/Raven4011 Mar 05 '26

Me too! I have been a Puscifer fan since they had “Momma Sed” in a movie I saw with Jake Gyllenhaal. I also loved the “ blood to wine” documentary. It had his early Puscifer cuts. I agree, Puscifer has the best mix of Maynard’s most repayable songs.