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Josh Homme's hard-rock brutality has always come with humor and a dash of campy, scenery-chewing flamboyance. Not even a very messy, very public divorce battle can change that, as evidenced by "Emotion Sickness," the first single from Queens of the Stone Age's eighth album, In Times New Roman.... The verses swing and rock like the band's great "No One Knows," while the creamy, classic-rock chorus could be lifted from Journey. "Baby don't care for me," Homme sings, turning a jazz standard on its head. "People come and go on the breeze/ For a whole life? Possibly." Borrowing its title from a line in "New Fang" ("Had it made to parade/ Found a sucker, now I want another") by Them Crooked Vultures, Homme's side project with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, "Made to Parade" sways low and wide like a big metal pendulum—then fires up a majestic, Brian May-esque bridge to the end. Homme, the last man standing from the original QOTSA lineup, invented his own very specific genre (including with his previous band Kyuss) in desert rock; sometimes metal, sometimes sludgy, sometimes psychedelic, sometimes bluesy, it has always allowed for flexibility. So QOTSA goes goth-dark on "Carnavoyeur," which works itself into a frenzy as Homme explores his lonesome-dove liberation: "Free fall from the nest, Then glide to the left/ A shine catch the eye, So flow to the right/ Flying high, realize, There are no more mountains to climb." The band even plays with slinky, sexy New Romantic vibes on "Time & Place," "What the Peephole Say," and "Straight Jacket Fitting," which sounds like said constraints should be paired with an ascot. Homme's arch delivery sounds like Bryan Ferry fronting stoner rock; then the song ends ... and another fades in, all desert-mirage blurry like some kind of campfire Clapton number. "Sicily" has a cool prey-stalking groove; "Paper Machete" slithers and grinds with its sleazy guitar solo. And "Negative Space" is a deliciously nasty piece of work, the guitar like a well-oiled monster hungrily sliding through the streets. "Don't say you love me no more," Homme half-pleads, half-commands. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
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Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Richard Dodd, AssociatedPerformer - Daphne Chen, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Gorfain, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Katz, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Sharetta Morgan-Harmon, AssociatedPerformer - Tenderlie Lavender, AssociatedPerformer - Jeanine "Nina" McCoy, AssociatedPerformer - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Brendan Benson, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Richard Dodd, AssociatedPerformer - Daphne Chen, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Gorfain, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Katz, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Richard Dodd, AssociatedPerformer - Daphne Chen, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Gorfain, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Katz, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Matt Helders, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Justin Smith, Engineer - Dean Fertita, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rankin, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Gavin Lurssen, Engineer - Richard Dodd, AssociatedPerformer - Daphne Chen, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Gorfain, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Katz, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Homme, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Queens Of The Stone Age, Producer, MainArtist - TROY VAN LEEUWEN, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Shuman, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Reuben Cohen, Engineer - Robert Stevenson, Engineer - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jon Theodore, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Shoes administered by Kobalt (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Dave Feeny, Engineer - Unintelligent Systems (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Sleeping Disorder Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher - Magic Bullet Music (administered by Kobalt Music Publishing), MusicPublisher
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
Album review
Josh Homme's hard-rock brutality has always come with humor and a dash of campy, scenery-chewing flamboyance. Not even a very messy, very public divorce battle can change that, as evidenced by "Emotion Sickness," the first single from Queens of the Stone Age's eighth album, In Times New Roman.... The verses swing and rock like the band's great "No One Knows," while the creamy, classic-rock chorus could be lifted from Journey. "Baby don't care for me," Homme sings, turning a jazz standard on its head. "People come and go on the breeze/ For a whole life? Possibly." Borrowing its title from a line in "New Fang" ("Had it made to parade/ Found a sucker, now I want another") by Them Crooked Vultures, Homme's side project with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, "Made to Parade" sways low and wide like a big metal pendulum—then fires up a majestic, Brian May-esque bridge to the end. Homme, the last man standing from the original QOTSA lineup, invented his own very specific genre (including with his previous band Kyuss) in desert rock; sometimes metal, sometimes sludgy, sometimes psychedelic, sometimes bluesy, it has always allowed for flexibility. So QOTSA goes goth-dark on "Carnavoyeur," which works itself into a frenzy as Homme explores his lonesome-dove liberation: "Free fall from the nest, Then glide to the left/ A shine catch the eye, So flow to the right/ Flying high, realize, There are no more mountains to climb." The band even plays with slinky, sexy New Romantic vibes on "Time & Place," "What the Peephole Say," and "Straight Jacket Fitting," which sounds like said constraints should be paired with an ascot. Homme's arch delivery sounds like Bryan Ferry fronting stoner rock; then the song ends ... and another fades in, all desert-mirage blurry like some kind of campfire Clapton number. "Sicily" has a cool prey-stalking groove; "Paper Machete" slithers and grinds with its sleazy guitar solo. And "Negative Space" is a deliciously nasty piece of work, the guitar like a well-oiled monster hungrily sliding through the streets. "Don't say you love me no more," Homme half-pleads, half-commands. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:37
- Main artists: Queens Of The Stone Age
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Matador
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records 2023 Queens of the Stone Age under exclusive license to Matador Records
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