Tool "Opiate" 2024-05-03 Freak Show is the second

Freak Show is the second album - after their debut Frogstomp- by the popular Australian band Silverchair

and Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields

This storied 1995 release featuring Mike McCready of Pearl Jam on guitar

The stories focus on relationships and humanity

Tool "Opiate" 2024-05-03 Freak Show is the secondAs the title of Tool's 1992 debut implies, they're none too impressed by religion, though other targets fear ("Cold and Ugly"), hypocritical moralizing ("Jerk Off"), nonconformity ("Hush") get their time in the spotlight as well. Opiate is a collection of heavy, aggressive, cynical music (though the tail end of the title track sounds more like Acid Rock), packaged in songs noticeably shorter than on their later efforts (Undertow, 1993, and Aenima,