June 4 street date. Matador Records is very pleased to present "...Like Clockwork", the brand new full length release from Queens Of The Stone Age. For their first album in six years, Joshua Homme’s mighty Queens Of The Stone Age, including Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman and Dean Fertita, called back Songs For The Deaf members Dave Grohl and Joey Castillo on drums, along with Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan on vocals. In addition, there are performances on the album from Sir Elton John, Trent Reznor, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), James Lavelle (U.N.K.L.E.) and more. "...Like Clockwork" contains Homme’s most intense, personal and beautiful songwriting to date. While the thunder of Queens past is still evident (especially in premiere track "My God Is The Sun") there are a number of gorgeous ballads - meditations on time passing, the struggle to create art, and the nearness of mortality. The music lives up to the album’s lyrical and conceptual ambitions, with some of Homme’s finest guitar work to date, at times recalling past greats such as Brian May or George Harrison, at other times uniquely his own. The rhythm section starts and stops on a dime, and in some of the more complex songs, the ensemble playing is virtuosic - but never sterile.
June 4 street date. Matador Records is very pleased to present "...Like Clockwork", the brand new full length release from Queens Of The Stone Age. For their first album in six years, Joshua Homme’s mighty Queens Of The Stone Age, including Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman and Dean Fertita, called back Songs For The Deaf members Dave Grohl and Joey Castillo on drums, along with Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan on vocals. In addition, there are performances on the album from Sir Elton John, Trent Reznor, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), James Lavelle (U.N.K.L.E.) and more. "...Like Clockwork" contains Homme’s most intense, personal and beautiful songwriting to date. While the thunder of Queens past is still evident (especially in premiere track "My God Is The Sun") there are a number of gorgeous ballads - meditations on time passing, the struggle to create art, and the nearness of mortality. The music lives up to the album’s lyrical and conceptual ambitions, with some of Homme’s finest guitar work to date, at times recalling past greats such as Brian May or George Harrison, at other times uniquely his own. The rhythm section starts and stops on a dime, and in some of the more complex songs, the ensemble playing is virtuosic - but never sterile. The striking album artwork, imagery and forthcoming introductory animated shorts are by young British artist Boneface, working closely with Homme. The album is available in 3 unique import configurations: CD in O-card, standard 2 LP on 150 gram vinyl with printed inner sleeves, and deluxe limited edition 2 LP on 180 gram vinyl with ultra thick cover and 20-page 12X12 book. All LP versions include an MP3 coupon.
August 25 street date. Produced by Mark Ronson (Adele, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars) and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, Villains is the first full album offering from Queens Of The Stone Age since 2013’s ...Like Clockwork, which debuted at #2 on the Canadian album charts and has been certified Gold. Like the stunning artwork of returning illustrator Boneface, the sonic signatures of the lineup that took ...Like Clockwork around the world and back are as unmistakable as ever, though coexisting with sufficient new twists to induce recurring double takes. As Homme himself puts it, “The most important aspect of making this record was redefining our sound, asking and answering the question ‘what do we sound like now?’ If you can’t make a great first record, you should just stop—but if you can make a great record but you keep making records and your sound doesn’t evolve, you become a parody of that original sound.” Deluxe LP comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl at Pallas and includes 14 limited-edition. Boneface art prints, an alternate etching on side 4 of the vinyl and includes an MP3 download coupon. Standard 2 LPs are pressed on 140 gram vinyl with an etching on side 4 of the vinyl and includes an MP3 download coupon.
August 25 street date. Produced by Mark Ronson (Adele, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars) and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, Villains is the first full album offering from Queens Of The Stone Age since 2013’s ...Like Clockwork, which debuted at #2 on the Canadian album charts and has been certified Gold. Like the stunning artwork of returning illustrator Boneface, the sonic signatures of the lineup that took ...Like Clockwork around the world and back are as unmistakable as ever, though coexisting with sufficient new twists to induce recurring double takes. As Homme himself puts it, “The most important aspect of making this record was redefining our sound, asking and answering the question ‘what do we sound like now?’ If you can’t make a great first record, you should just stop—but if you can make a great record but you keep making records and your sound doesn’t evolve, you become a parody of that original sound.” Deluxe LP comes pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl at Pallas and includes 14 limited-edition. Boneface art prints, an alternate etching on side 4 of the vinyl and includes an MP3 download coupon. Standard 2 LPs are pressed on 140 gram vinyl with an etching on side 4 of the vinyl and includes an MP3 download coupon.
August 25 street date. Produced by Mark Ronson (Adele, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars) and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, Villains is the first full album offering from Queens Of The Stone Age since 2013’s ...Like Clockwork, which debuted at #2 on the Canadian album charts and has been certified Gold. Like the stunning artwork of returning illustrator Boneface, the sonic signatures of the lineup that took ...Like Clockwork around the world and back are as unmistakable as ever, though coexisting with sufficient new twists to induce recurring double takes. As Homme himself puts it, “The most important aspect of making this record was redefining our sound, asking and answering the question ‘what do we sound like now?’ If you can’t make a great first record, you should just stop—but if you can make a great record but you keep making records and your sound doesn’t evolve, you become a parody of that original sound.”
December 9 street date. Queens Of The Stone Age's Grammy nominated sixth record, "… Like Clockwork", returns newly recut from its original master tapes with alternate artwork and an obi-strip from Boneface. The Matador Reissue Edition of the 2013 gold album arrives on a limited opaque red double LP vinyl pressing. "... Like Clockwork is the soundtrack to the B movie of your dreams... Homme and his cohorts create merry hell as Lucifer's house band" - The Associated Press.
December 9 street date. This year Queens Of The Stone Age's redefining chart topping 2017 album, "Villains", celebrates its 5th anniversary. To commemorate, the Mark Ronson produced and Mark Rankin co-produced record arrives in a special package with an opaque white double LP, vinyl etching, an obi-strip, and limited poster by Boneface. "The bequiffed high priest of desert rock has always imbued his full-throttle stoner sound with a certain amount of hip-shaking sass, but on ‘Villains’, he truly lets his dancing shoes take the floor" (NME).
October 21 street date. The landmark debut album from Queens Of The Stone Age is back in print for the first time in ten years. Restored to its previous tracklisting, adorned with the original long out-of-print artwork by Frank Kozik, and featuring an obi-strip designed by long-time collaborator Boneface. Standard black vinyl edition.
October 21 street date. The landmark debut album from Queens Of The Stone Age is back in print for the first time in ten years. Restored to its previous tracklisting, adorned with the original long out-of-print artwork by Frank Kozik, and featuring an obi-strip designed by long-time collaborator Boneface. Limited edition opaque orange vinyl.
June 16 street date. "In Times New Roman…", the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age, is raw, brutal, and rough around the edges, but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and withering as ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSA's sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. "In Times New Roman…" is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is BACK, and it's no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth.
June 16 street date. Black vinyl 2LP. "In Times New Roman…", the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age, is raw, brutal, and rough around the edges, but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and withering as ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSA's sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. "In Times New Roman…" is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is BACK, and it's no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth. The 11-track Double-LP is available on 4 Limited Edition Colour Variants (Green, Red, Clear Blue or Metallic Silver) as well as on Black vinyl or CD.
June 16 street date. Red vinyl 2LP. "In Times New Roman…", the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age, is raw, brutal, and rough around the edges, but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and withering as ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSA's sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. "In Times New Roman…" is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is BACK, and it's no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth. The 11-track Double-LP is available on 4 Limited Edition Colour Variants (Green, Red, Clear Blue or Metallic Silver) as well as on Black Vinyl or CD.
June 16 street date. Green vinyl 2LP. "In Times New Roman…", the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age, is raw, brutal, and rough around the edges, but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and withering as ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSA's sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. "In Times New Roman…" is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is BACK, and it's no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth. The 11-track Double-LP is available on 4 Limited Edition Colour Variants (Green, Red, Clear Blue or Metallic Silver) as well as on Black vinyl or CD.
June 16 street date. Metallic Silver 2LP. "In Times New Roman…", the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age, is raw, brutal, and rough around the edges, but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and withering as ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSA's sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. "In Times New Roman…" is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is BACK, and it's no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth. The 11-track Double-LP is available on 4 Limited Edition Colour Variants (Green, Red, Clear Blue or Metallic Silver) as well as on Black Vinyl or CD.
June 16 street date. Clear blue vinyl 2LP. "In Times New Roman…", the 8th studio album from Queens Of The Stone Age, is raw, brutal, and rough around the edges, but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen - and QOTSA founder Joshua Homme's lyrics are as witty and withering as ever. The results are instantly identifiable; QOTSA's sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song, a live in-a-room recording that showcases a band at the height of their creative powers. "In Times New Roman…" is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between. One of the most important bands in recent rock history is BACK, and it's no exaggeration to call this album a devastating rebirth. The 11-track Double-LP is available on 4 Limited Edition Colour Variants (Green, Red, Clear Blue or Metallic Silver) as well as on Black vinyl or CD.
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