“V” Is for Vagina by Puscifer

"V" Is for Vagina, the debut album from Puscifer, Maynard James Keenan's side project, came out on October 30, 2007, on the Puscifer Entertainment label. Keenan calls the project his creative subconscious, and it shows: anybody who knows him from the progressive brooding of Tool or the alternative sweep of A Perfect Circle will barely recognize the place.

This is electronic, loose-hipped trip hop, all slinky beats and programmed grooves, and Keenan himself pointed to cruising around listening to old Motown, James Brown and R&B as the feel he was after. He sings with a sly, lounge-lizard croon instead of the usual thunder, and "Queen B" is the strutting proof that the man has a sense of humor. It has sold 112,000 copies, which is not bad for a detour.

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