Release of Amotion

The band did not tour in support of the release, instead entering a hiatus shortly after its completion. Two singles were released in support of the album, the first of which was a somber cover of John Lennon ‘s ” Imagine ” The second single, ” Passive “, was one of just two original songs on the album, tracing back to writing sessions for Trent Reznor ‘s unreleased Tapeworm project. In the late 1990s, Reznor started the project for songs that did not fit Nine Inch Nails , which eventually grew into a collaborative project with a number of other musicians. One track, “Vacant”, featured contributions from Keenan and Lohner in 1999, but with the project hitting development hell due to creative and legal hurdles of many of the participants in the early 2000s, A Perfect Circle began playing the track at live shows. With the project being shelved completely by 2004, Keenan decided to rework the track as “Passive” for Emotive . Additionally, two weeks after the release of the album, on November 16, 2004, the band released the CD/DVD compilation set entitled Amotion . The DVD part contained the music videos for band six singles; while the CD is composed entirely of remixes of the singles from Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step .