These were taken with my camera phone, so they're not the best, but you'll get the idea.

Enjoy.

awesome

you can buy singles?

This is what was sent to radio. This isn't commercially available.

Well, "Vicarious" it is. Oh, don't worry, you'l find it on ebay in a few weeks/months, like every other promo. Too bad Tool doesn't release singles anymore... only "prison sex" and "sober"... all the others were promos with no extra tracks whatsoever....

thats pretty cool

um - i could have SWORE they said numerous times the single would be sent vie internet, with no hard copies? then why this single all of a sudden.

No, they said that the single would be sent via Internet first, on the 17th, and followed by a cd format promo a few days or weeks later.

MrVinnie77 how did you get access to it? They did already sent it to radio stations? Did you listen to it?

...in physical form. I thought the whole thing leaked because fans found out where to download the song that was supposed to be downloaded by stations.

Of course it's in physical form... oh, and Schism and Parabola DVD's don't actually count... although I wouldn't mind they could release similar items in the future =)

We've been on the air with it since 7AM. As I've mentioned in a few other threads, I'm the music director of a modern rock/alternative station in Pittsburgh.

I've finally decided it's time to pull the curtain back a little bit and provide some of the info I receive to you all. I've been lurking on this board off & on for a few years.

You are correct about the digital delivery first, then the hard copy. The hard copy arrived around 11:30am EST; a full 4+ hours after the digital delivery.

then why did they say it would take a few days (even weeks)? hmm. im not doubting you, im just fairly confused (as i have been with tool these past few months :)

Dunno. I've been told from the start that we'd get the MP3 access first immediately followed by a CD later in the day. That's how we've received the new records from Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and other, less notable artists.

This thread was cool until this point. Let's keep it cool.

great packaging i love it and paraflux.

May i ask why I was removed from it?

Tool is certainly going to great lengths to pull off the Vicarious hoax. Actually, Perseensilma is right, but he doesn't realize the extent of the hoax. The truth is: Tool is a hoax, there is no such band. It's all fake. Every bit of it. All of the albums, all the concerts, even APC are all an elaborate hoax to make you believe that there is some guy named Maynard who sings for a band named Tool. Man, they got me good.

Sounds good to me.
The packaging looks very legit, nice post

LOL oh that was class

nice pics there.

is this a promo copy then for radio?

Are you a history teacher?

haha no a music one!

oh, my history teacher was born in 75 and he likes tool.

His last name is mcfoley

weird!!!

well my surname is foley, i just added the mac, for a stage name for a band i was in.

i think this promo package gives an idea of what the album art will look like. And it's much better than i expected, despite the logo.

Well, I am fairly confident that there will be a 10,000 days fake EP.


Stop posting fake artwork, please! We have seen it all!

why do you think its fake?

what do you think is fake? the album title, the music, the song titles?

even the new single that was leaked 2 days ago?

All posts from #15 on were deleted.

Well, ok. Fair enough.

*sniffs at lost posts*

gosh! I can't believe how people are still thinking that it's a whole hoax now that they have real pics of real packaging. personally, i still think that there's a chance that Vicarious might be just a promotional single (ie, not found on the album) and that the album might be somewhat different.

However, i don't doubt the authenticity of Vicarious. It IS real -- what it IS (promo single, album track, etc) still remains to be seen until May 2nd, but I'm not arguing that vicarious isn't real.

I agree. Besides it was found in the code of the site before that "S, tonight we had some visitors (yes, the dreaded ones). Our job has changed a bit. They say we've gone a touch too far with XM"
That has now been deleted from the site as this post may now be...

Have you seen some of the fake artwork on ToolCollecter? Some of it looks pretty decent, with a full colour booklet and everything. This doesn't even have that. Apart from the word "Vicarious" i think most of this artwork has been readily available on the internet. It is plausible that it's a fake, keep an open mind.

I know but the proof is now gone :S

Perseensilmä, you make me chuckle...

not, wait... thats not chuckling I'm doing... it's puking.

Shut the hell up.

I know it's not real so I'm not worried... Alex Grey would never do art like that seriously. And my gender is not important? oh and how come Tool have two logos on the site at the moment? There are so many clues.

so tell me then, when i went into HMV today and reserved my copy of 10,000 days, that was all a hoax? i even saw the title 10,000 days on their computers, so HMV are all hoaxed too? and this new song called vicarious, another hoax? i have been hoaxing myself? jesus!

or is jesus a hoax too?

maybe our lives is all a hoax too!

I don't think anyone was disputing 10, 000 days as the title. Clear as day that will be the title, i've seen it in shops aswell. Its everything else i think we're questioning.

Woah, Vicarious is on the radio now... hehe. Well I never.

*listens*

well, Jesus *IS* a hoax, but that's not really the point here...

Ok now you're just being obnoxiously stubborn. You can't fake that artwork that has been posted in this thread, I don't care how good you are. Vicarious is real, the packaging is real, and come may 2nd you're just going to have to admit that their never was and never will be a hoax ep.