Fear Inoculum - Tool acoustic cover - Sleepwait

This is our humble tribute to Tool, an acoustic version of the title track from their last and long awaited album Fear Inoculum.
We tried to rearrange the entire song to give it a different flavour while respecting its original mood and message.
The visuals get along with the music in a sort of tripping journey through some of our fears and other random emotions.
If you like what we do, we encourage you to support us by purchasing this single or the full album on our bandcamp page, so that we can keep publishing music.
This song will be published on all major streaming services (spotify , amazon music etc etc) on june 26th. Until then it will be available exclusively here on YT and on Bandcamp.
Bandcamp:
(purchase this cover or our full album here):
sleepwait.bandcamp.com/
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Email / contacts:
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Sleepwait:
Filippo - Vocals
Mauro - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Synth, Visuals
Song recorded, mixed and mastered by Mauro in his home studio @ Bologna, Italy.
Song written by Tool.
Special Thanks to Adam, Danny, Justin and Maynard for their inspiration.
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cover photo by Maik Jonietz
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video credits:
pexels
pixabay
videezy
free creative stuff
life on super 8
anthony
stef
attila oláh
pressmaster
fernando micarelli
desmond etsebeth
Miguel Á. Padriñán
Ricardo Esquivel
sosa films
beachfront
daduxio
RGB parade
the muse
Anomalous Curiosities

[@TimeBombxmd]

I made a comment awhile ago, and every time I get a like, I end up coming back and I can never not listen to the whole thing.....again. So fucking impressive...

[@Lateralusaint.]

Sorry, i had to make you watch it Again. I had to when I read your comment.

[@leslieloren5573]

Criminally underrated cover. The vocal, the drums, the visual are phenomenal. I hope all Tool members will see this one day.

[@SSPspaz]

This was so good that I caught myself Maynard dancing in my chair.

[@sleepwait9613]

Happy that you enjoyed it...now please post your dancing video 😁

[@arjunshenoy23]

dont mind the count of views or comments. we know that this is gold. keep covering mate, let TOOL songs reach everyone.please cover this whole album pls pls

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you my friend, something else from the same album will be covered, but it will take some time.

[@RyuKagemura]

@@sleepwait9613 that's hype af, thank you, can't wait

[@GeorgeCoggins]

looking forward to it still @@sleepwait9613

[@genefreak2]

This is the kind of originality Tool listeners adore. Thank you. Tool should seek you.

[@sleepwait9613]

Very hard to achieve , almost brought me to being mad, but worth the effort if brings such positive feedback...thank you

[@taylorplambeck]

This is one of the most exact Maynard covers I've ever heard. The vocalist nailed that clean Maynard honey. Well done.

[@tom255uk]

Thought you were faking... This HAD to be MJK ... 😮 Colour me astounded.

[@austinb.willis5978]

I love stumbling across acoustic gems like this.

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you Austin. IMHO the acoustic guitar helps highligthing some of the hidden parts that are normally overwhelmed in the final mix...and there are a lot of hidden gems in tool songs

[@austinb.willis5978]

@@sleepwait9613 I've always wished tool would do an acoustic album of past songs.

[@RedHeaven]

He sounds wonderful all the way through, but once he hits that "Exercise the spectacle" part at 06:40 I really thought I was listening to Maynard.

[@austinhunt4260]

Fantastic. You let me hear FI with new ears after a year of saturation. FI definitely belongs in the classic Tool lineup. The vocals here are stunning.

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you Austin. It also happened to me during the recording of this cover. I was pretty saturated after listening repeatedly to the album. As soon as i started tracking down the single parts, i understood how complex the structure was and how the single parts were studied to make sense in the big picture. Covering such complex songs really lets you get inside the head of the musicians who wrote it and appreciate the effort they put into it.

[@kristofvarga5567]

All of you are great, but the guy did excellent job with the vocals.

[@artmedrano1858]

Just stumbled on this right before bed, How Sick! Love it! Gonna sleep well tonight, thank you for the Lift🤘💯🎶

[@Meta14ever]

Killed it.... at the begining I thought that is only guitar cover with Maynards voice :D amazing

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you, more to come in the near future!

[@fatboymachinegun]

6:40 sheeet! What a strong voice!!! Even better than the original...

[@lucianososa9738]

The right word to use in this case it’s “ outstanding job”... love it

[@sleepwait9613]

Thanks Luciano, glad you like it!

[@lilliangarza4954]

This cover is fucking incredible! 🤯

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you Lillian, we are working on a couple more

[@ohbillproductions1096]

Holy shit man.. The vocals are almost IDENTICAL to Maynard's... and the vibe with the acoustics, this is something else. One of the best covers I have ever heard

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you Anthony, it is nice to read such positive feedback

[@ohbillproductions1096]

@@sleepwait9613 well deserved! Your originals are fantastic too! I can't wait to hear more!

[@666kiker666]

Simply amazing...I can understand why your cover was unknown to me up to this point. Great interpretation! Deserves so much more views.

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you

[@Novadeo]

So impressed. Maynard's vocals are so hard to match but Filippo delivers! Just a great cover.

[@scottwhite8960]

dude your a savage. this film clip is perfect too 10/10

[@sleepwait9613]

Thanks Scott, we appreciate that you stopped by and left such a positive comment !

[@artymclabin8584]

amazing. at first i thought it's Maynard's isolated voice pasted in. damn you got me..

[@danielwade1978]

This was SUPERB!!! Wow 👏🫡

[@Aletodoa150]

Wow!!😲😲...The cover, the music, the voice, the video... It's amazing!!. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼... Wow!!. Great job!

[@sleepwait9613]

thanks! glad you liked it

[@0_fksgvn955]

Excellent. There are very few covers of tool that I've made it through the whole song and this is one of them.

[@Ceko]

That video is INTENSE!

[@moritzpohlmann2402]

Damn, you should definitely record a Tool unplugged session...especially as Tool themselves will probably never do so. The acoustic vibe adds a whole new dimension to this song. Great cover!

[@sleepwait9613]

Hi Moritz, thanks for your comment. We are working on some other unplugged Tool cover. Would like to give each cover a different flavour though, not just a replica. We'll see what happens.

[@williamalbertson7904]

Literally the first perfect Maynard cover. Im stunned

[@DocMarbh]

Would love to hear you guys cover any other song from this album, feel you could do something cool with Invincible though!

[@joftherings]

Holy shit this is good! Please do more Tool!!!

[@c0unt1ng5heep4]

Great job :)

[@c0unt1ng5heep4]

Very underrated Tool track in my opinion. You have done it justice.

[@nestoralbertoperezcastro]

Well...I guess you have a new fan and suscriber. Simply love it. The guys would be proud as hell.

[@TheWolf6200]

Fantastica. Non so come altro definire questa cover. Ora però ho un bisogno fisiologico delle tab!!

[@mthw7046]

Wow. It's Christmas Eve & I consider this an early present from the universe. Excellent cover & spectacular video. I'm sure I'll be back regularly.

[@trinaranjos7857]

The video is also a piece of art.

[@sleepwait9613]

muchas gracias...yo tambien lo creo, y va a ser muy dificil hacerne otro mejor o al mismo nivel por las proximas covers :)

[@trinaranjos7857]

@@sleepwait9613 no importa. la arte no se va. Es eterna. En Portugal hoy es el Día de la LIbertad. Felíz Día para vuestra arte. 🖤

[@festivecatto]

FUCKING AWESOME

[@JoseAndradeInGauge]

Wow!! I effing loved it. In all transparency, I was looking to do this song acoustically and said, let me see if someone already has so I can be inspired. Well I was beyond inspired. Absoluely brilliant!!!

[@sleepwait9613]

Thanks for your kind words

[@vendeta9393]

the duo is in the tool zone, killer cover!! 👏👏

[@sodvs7062]

Badass acoustic cover guys. This got recommended on a TOOL group and I checked out the album. I'm on the 3rd listen now and it's got that growing affect that I adore from groups of similar genre. Keep up the great vibes🤘

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you very much, we are really happy to hear that this was reccommended by somebody who heard it, and that you liked our album as well. Thanks for stopping by and commenting as well. Cheers

[@yellowflower4411]

Finally! I'm always searching for tool covers that doesn't just perfectly imitate the original song but have a little piece of the creator's soul. Great work!

[@yellowflower4411]

Ah ma siete italiani! Bravissimi ragazzi

[@taeah6672]

damn that acoustic guitar is NIIIIIIIICEE

[@sleepwait9613]

acoustic guitars help in giving these songs more intimacy...thanks for stopping by!

[@user-dy5ho4sj2w]

This is amazing. Incredible playing, killer vocals, and phenomenally psychedelic video. Absolutely nailed it. 10/10.

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you Josh

[@trinaranjos7857]

fully agree

[@mulish42]

Mate, great vox. Great cover in general. Thank you. I especially loved the "acoustic" bit that let loose from 8:45 .

[@Cr4zyM3x]

This needs way more views. Great cover, great instrument work, great vocals, and a great video.

[@maijin007]

Wow.....

[@k1cky0urs3lf]

This is exactly how I would imagine Tool doing an acoustic version of this. Great job!

[@sleepwait9613]

hey this is a great compliment, hopefully some Tool member will listen to it and confirm this is how they would do it ;)

[@ludovicberton1033]

Well done guys indeed! Music, singing and video are just excellent. You kept the tool spirit but on your own way, that's what we expect from covers ;) So congratulations and thank you

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you for your kind words, we did our best

[@imwatchinya]

Vocals are spot on, you guys are awesome, great video too.

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you, stay tuned for the next releases

[@ChaiBronz]

Absolutety in-fuckin-credible! And gets better with every listen, just like a true tool song.

[@Daniel-xu6kd]

Two minutes in. I’m impressed. The singer does it right.

[@murillodamaso7526]

This is other masterpiece!

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you, that is very kind. Stay tuned for the the next release

[@scottwhite8960]

This deserves more views👏🔥🔥

[@hedtrp5949]

This is the best! TOOL cover i have heard in my life and i been a tool fan since 1993 Very well done and the lyrics are amazing! 🖤☮☯ Thank u !

[@tjgreear3841]

This cover all around is on point!! You guys captured tool in this cover an for it to be acoustic is amazing

[@naufaldzakiibrahim2268]

3:43 i love this part

[@sleepwait9613]

Thanks for stopping by, sometimes less is more! You need to create some empty part during the arrangement of a song to create some space and depth.

[@Jamie_Wilson]

Wow I hit this by accident and now I've listened to it like 4 times in a row! Rhe vocals are damn HAUNTING! Just WOW! What a cover!!! Nothing more needs to be said....Just THE BEST ever!

[@Jamie_Wilson]

Aww man when the distorted guitar comes in! That shit is epic!

[@sleepwait9613]

@@Jamie_Wilson thank you Jamie, it took a lot of effort to put this shit together :D , glad you enjoyed it

[@doomscroller_z]

Mesmerizing vocal cover. 🤘

[@MortalSin84]

Excellent job!

[@brianduman6969]

Very good great job on the remake 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@giorgiolucchese]

this is amazing!

[@m1ch43l_k]

Wow

[@BricktowneMedia]

Great work all around! Fantastic arrangement and the video editor deserves some kudos as well!

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you

[@jarrodderr]

Well dang. Never thought I’d hear a worthy Tool cover. Made it your own. Great choice. I’m blown away. ❤️🙏

[@sleepwait9613]

I am glad we exceeded your expectations. There is always hope for something good to happen! Thanks for listening and commenting, it helps spreading the word

[@lorenzododdo8571]

Ragazzi bravissimi. Niente da dire. Da "musicista" tanto di cappello!!

[@sleepwait9613]

grazie Lorenzo, stiamo lavorando a qualche altra cover sulla stessa linea acustica, ma anche qualcosa di molto diverso, resta sintonizzato se questa ti è piaciuta

[@toddmccartney334]

Best Tool cover I've ever heard. Everything from guitar to visual is really good!!!! Thank you!!

[@chrissavage5491]

This is incredible. Well done mates.

[@sleepwait9613]

Thanks Chris for the kind words, glad you liked it

[@MarkMasters...]

Absolutely incredible...Thank You.🙏😎

[@sleepwait9613]

Thanks Mark for stopping by and having a listen..glad you liked what we did here

[@MarkMasters...]

@@sleepwait9613 Outstanding...In this Mad Hatter world we live in, music makes it all better. You cats get it...🙏🌌

[@arunabhmeshram750]

Very well executed.

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you Arunabh

[@Jordan-ns6es]

Very impressive

[@robertochamblant4974]

Una cover eseguita alla perfezione e un video assolutamente pazzesco!

[@sleepwait9613]

grazie Roberto! abbiamo altre cose in cantiere, se questa ti è piaciuta rimani sintonizzato

[@mowghalambor5086]

wow!

[@freeman7079]

Such a great job on the vocals!

[@KPheeze]

This deserves so many more views man. Beautiful rendition

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you. Maybe one day the world will be a better place, our video will have few million views and trap music will not exist anymore 😄

[@KPheeze]

And there’s only two of you guys?? Fucking geniuses right here

[@HellMut50]

Outstanding

[@mikeeclipse]

How does this and Passenger not have MILLIONS of views!!??? This is AMAZING. I like it better than the original!!!!

[@sleepwait9613]

That's a question for KZbin and its algorhythm...Thanks for the appreciation though!

[@mikeeclipse]

@@sleepwait9613 Screw the KZbin algorithm. 😆

[@scottchambers8489]

No way they did passenger too!!!

[@Valiant_Hermes]

This gave me chills! Fucking amazing!

[@christopherackerman2191]

This is amazing! 🔥

[@SentinelBand]

Wow!!! Very impressive. Sounds just like the original in some ways but totally different in other ways. I do acoustic Tool covers too, and you make this seem so easy, but I know this took a ton of work and skill. Keep up the excellent work!!!

[@scee1871]

Holy shit!

[@LtLippen]

Everything about this video and cover completely blew me away! Seriously such a job well done! Thanks for this

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you for stopping by and having a listen, glad you liked it

[@GeorgeCoggins]

hands down this dude covers maynard better than practically anyone else ive heard out there kudos brother.

[@wykapanyTata]

This is the only Tool cover I really enjoy and listen very often. Great job!

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you. There are also other great covers out there. My favourite is "right in two" by the bearded guys in india, played live over a roof in bangalore...fantastic.

[@letitrejo9332]

Stunning Cover. Hard to believe one person did all the music and the visuals. Absolutely Amazed. The visuals are such a trip and match the music perfectly. GReat Job Guys. 👏👏👏

[@robertomiano5606]

Alla accademia della crusca direbbero "mecojoni". Grandiosi. Bravi!!! 🖤

[@sleepwait9613]

accademia diretta da Rocco Schiavone 😄

[@austinhunt4260]

Been listening to Sleepwait on Spotify. Very impressed so I bought the album on Bandcamp. Is “Sagittarius A” available for purchase on CD?

[@4amwaj]

omg.... love this

[@sleepwait9613]

thanks mate, spread your love :)

[@ettoremagnani6813]

Bravi davvero. Great cover

[@RickertBrandsen]

dunno why youtube actually recommended this to me... oh wait, maybe i know, because it is actually really impressive

[@sleepwait9613]

Yes! I know it's hard to believe but sometimes YT recommendations really work 😀

[@erikd131weaver7]

Very well done!

[@stephanebottari707]

Bravo ! 👍 Une merveille de reprise !!! 🎶

[@sleepwait9613]

Merci!

[@trinaranjos7857]

my belly contract... what a magic cover. absolutely thrilled to ear it over and over

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you, muchas gracias 🙂

[@lategreen]

Brav wagliù!

[@sleepwait9613]

grazie!

[@jakefromstatefarm1405]

Very well done, A+

[@MarkoWarko]

Great production and musicianship

[@sleepwait9613]

Thank you! We did our best to not disappoint any Tool fan

[@arsen4k863]

Increíble cover

[@RadReviews777]

Love everything about this 💙 The video is masterful

[@arunkarki2582]

Keep it up guys 🙏🙏🙏 Great cover...🤘🤘🤘

[@fredericcarpentier9395]

I almost have never commented on a youtube video but this is a freaking masterpiece. Love Tool, love your cover.

[@sleepwait9613]

There is always a first time 😀! Thanks for stopping by and letting us now. It is important for us to receive feedback. Share it , spread it everywhere like there's no tomorrow 😁

[@BoolFalse]

amazing cover.. didn't watched the clip, but just listening to it in background 3rd time already..

[@tyutyu9331]

I thought this was official Tool. Bravo

[@nolo8448]

Again you guys blew me away any more covers in the future?

[@sleepwait9613]

thank you. Who knows? Might be.

[@benkelly7182]

God damn, son!