Billy Howerdel, the A Perfect Circle songwriter/multi-instrumentalist whose recently released album, What Normal Was (Alchemy Recordings/BMG) is a nod to the music Howerdel was influenced by, post-punk and new wave, has released a Mynxii White (Korn, Andy Black, Tinashe) directed video for the song “Ani” (https://youtu.be/5YfkQGEO-Lw).
The four-plus minute film utilizes low-key lighting, giving the dramatic story line an eerie wash of ambient street lighting. The fiery narrative...
Billy Howerdel, the A Perfect Circle songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who released “What Normal Was” last month via Alchemy Recordings/BMG, has unveiled a new video from the “brooding” (Revolver) and “captivating” (Kerrang!) album, recruiting renowned fashion photographer Jordan Hemingway to create a clip for “Free and Weightless”.
Hemingway’s unique aesthetic has seen the photographer/filmmaker profiled in several publications, with Dazed including him in their “Dazed 100”, saying he “captures...
Billy Howerdel, offering a final preview of his forthcoming solo album, What Normal Was (June 10, Alchemy Recordings/Rise Records/BMG), has released the track “The Same Again”. The A Perfect Circle co-founder and guitar player has shared five songs from the eagerly-awaited album, with the four previously released singles being “Selfish Hearts”, “Beautiful Mistake”, “Poison Flowers” and “Free and Weightless”.
Billy Howerdel, fulfilling his promise to release a new song per week in the lead-up to the arrival of his solo album, “What Normal Was” (June 10th, Alchemy Recordings/Rise Records/BMG), has debuted the song “Selfish Hearts”.
“No matter how many different track listings I tried, ‘Selfish Hearts’ always felt like the right song to welcome listeners to 'What Normal Was'”, said Howerdel of the track. “Sometimes...
Billy Howerdel has revealed a third track from his eagerly-awaited solo album, “What Normal Was”(Alchemy Recordings/Rise Records/BMG), with today’s arrival of “Beautiful Mistake”. “Beautiful Mistake” is the first of three additional songs that the A Perfect Circle guitar player plans to unveil each week in the lead-up to the June 10 album release with “Selfish Hearts” debuting on May 27, and “The Same Again” arriving...
Billy Howerdel, the A Perfect Circle co-founder/multi-instrumentalist who recently announced the June 10th arrival of his solo debut album, "What Normal Was" (Alchemy Recordings/Rise Records/BMG), has released a second single from the forthcoming collection, sharing the song "Free and Weightless" this morning.
"'Free and Weightless' stood on its own as an instrumental demo for a year before I cracked the code on the vocals”, explains Howerdel....
Billy Howerdel releases his eagerly-awaited debut solo album “What Normal Was”, on June 10th via Alchemy Recordings/Rise Records/BMG.
The A Perfect Circle co-founder/guitar player has simultaneously released a video for “Poison Flowers”, with the Rizz (from VOWWS)-directed clip offering both an aural and visual preview of what’s to come on the 10-song, self-produced collection.
“This is me stepping back into my early teen self and making...
