A Perfect Circle “working towards something” with new music

The band recently dropped the standalone single ‘Starless’ and kicked off their first UK and European shows in eight years

A Perfect Circle are “working towards” new music, following them kicking off their first UK tour in eight years and releasing the standalone single ‘Starless’.

The new track from the band dropped in a surprise release last month , and marked their first since the track ‘Kindred’, which featured on 2024’s ‘ Sessanta E.P.P.P. ’ alongside contributions from Primus and another Maynard James Keenan -led band, Puscifer .

Since then, they have kicked off their first UK and European tour dates since 2018 – breaking out the new single for the first time at London’s O2 Academy Brixton , alongside some fan favourites and deep cuts.

Now, guitarist and founder Billy Howerdel has opened up about if fans can expect them to release a new album anytime soon.

“There’s more [music] underway. And in the spirit of soft deadlines, I’m not gonna give you the date, but we’re working toward something,” he told Minneapolis’s 93Xradio station.

“We’re on tour, and it’s hard to get solid things done when you’re out here. I sometimes optimistically think that’s going to happen, [but now, for example] we’re six shows in and this is the first day I really slept,” Howerdel added. “So to get real cracking on the new album, I need a couple more of these days to line up over the next tour.”

Howerdel formed A Perfect Circle in 1999 alongside frontman Maynard James Keenan, and members have included Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese – who is currently on tour with them – Pixies ’ bassist Paz Lenchantin, Smashing Pumpkins ’ James Iha, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen and more.