The Sessanta E.P.P.P. featuring new songs by A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus is out now. All three tunes can be streamed below.

A Perfect Circle’s “Kindred” is the band’s first new song since the 2018 album Eat the Elephant. It was also recently confirmed that drummer Josh Freese will rejoin APC for most of the tour, marking the first time he’s toured with the band in 13 years.

“Kindred” is about family and the circle of life. When the family cat dies, the father doesn’t know how to tell his daughter about it. The daughter has a friend that gets into trouble, and the father doesn’t know how to tell her about it. “So how do I tell my child / That her friend was taken by a selfish fools impatience?.” Kindred sings about how time is fleeting, and everyone becomes buried in the end. “By and by, we’ll all be dеad and buried / Dead and buried”. Kindred describes the circle of life as “a nature of all connection”; everyone is bound by the circles of life, and were all human in the end. Death is scary, but it is nothing to be afraid of. “Just beyond, across those bridges / Fear no bridges”.

“No Angel” by Puscifer is about the consequences angels face when they do indescribable deeds; it sounds like they have blood on their hands. There seems to be references to the book of revelations with lyrics like “We fed our ending / Holy planet on the day you’ll see it coming” and “Gabriel / Could’ve swore that you got coming?”. There is a reference to Catholicism specifically with the mention of communion. The collected souls that they mention may not be going to heaven: “Your obituary not worth reading / Samael / On the way To collect your soul and ring your bell”. The song ends by encouraging praise to God.

“Pablo’s Hippos” by Primus opens with the mention of something exciting. It previews the surprise with the mention of not taking the highway. The listener goes through a trail, a hill, a river, then a valley. The mention of “here they come again” alludes to the title: a crowd of hippos. This is a song that takes its time; the instrumental becomes prominent as it extends the song. Whoever is watching the hippos seems to be there for a while. It’s possible that the hippos have hunted a victim with the mention of “Gonna rip that boy, come on now!”; it adds to the mystery of the song.

Listen to A Perfect Circle’s “Kindred,” Puscifer’s “No Angel,” and Primus’ “Pablo’s Hippos” below, and pick up tickets to the “Sessanta Tour” here.