...Like Clockwork
New album from Josh Homme's QOTSA, the sixth of their career; largely self-produced by the band, for the most part it's a confident, fuss-free assertion of their time-honoured powers, spanning doomy, self-lacerating desert-rock, Who-style windmilling grandiosity and radio-slaying bubblegum punk slowed to a Sabbath crawl. Its coherence is pretty laudable given the array of guest musicians on board, many of them old sparring partners: James Lavelle twiddles knobs on the title track, returning the favour for Homme's turn on UNKLE records past, Dave Grohl returns to the drumstool to reprise his role from Songs For The Deaf, while Mark Lanegan, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and formerly excommunicated bassist Nick Oliveri all lend their vocal talents to the stew. Trent Reznor, who the band originally wanted to produce the album, appears on a brace of songs, but more unexpected are the visits from Elton John, who sings and plays piano on the not ineffective 'Fairweather Friends', and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears, whose falsetto can be heard on grandstanding gothic opener 'Keep Your Eyes Pealed'.
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New album from Josh Homme's QOTSA, the sixth of their career; largely self-produced by the band, for the most part it's a confident, fuss-free assertion of their time-honoured powers, spanning doomy, self-lacerating desert-rock, Who-style windmilling grandiosity and radio-slaying bubblegum punk slowed to a Sabbath crawl. Its coherence is pretty laudable given the array of guest musicians on board, many of them old sparring partners: James Lavelle twiddles knobs on the title track, returning the favour for Homme's turn on UNKLE records past, Dave Grohl returns to the drumstool to reprise his role from Songs For The Deaf, while Mark Lanegan, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and formerly excommunicated bassist Nick Oliveri all lend their vocal talents to the stew. Trent Reznor, who the band originally wanted to produce the album, appears on a brace of songs, but more unexpected are the visits from Elton John, who sings and plays piano on the not ineffective 'Fairweather Friends', and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears, whose falsetto can be heard on grandstanding gothic opener 'Keep Your Eyes Pealed'.
New album from Josh Homme's QOTSA, the sixth of their career; largely self-produced by the band, for the most part it's a confident, fuss-free assertion of their time-honoured powers, spanning doomy, self-lacerating desert-rock, Who-style windmilling grandiosity and radio-slaying bubblegum punk slowed to a Sabbath crawl. Its coherence is pretty laudable given the array of guest musicians on board, many of them old sparring partners: James Lavelle twiddles knobs on the title track, returning the favour for Homme's turn on UNKLE records past, Dave Grohl returns to the drumstool to reprise his role from Songs For The Deaf, while Mark Lanegan, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and formerly excommunicated bassist Nick Oliveri all lend their vocal talents to the stew. Trent Reznor, who the band originally wanted to produce the album, appears on a brace of songs, but more unexpected are the visits from Elton John, who sings and plays piano on the not ineffective 'Fairweather Friends', and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears, whose falsetto can be heard on grandstanding gothic opener 'Keep Your Eyes Pealed'.
New album from Josh Homme's QOTSA, the sixth of their career; largely self-produced by the band, for the most part it's a confident, fuss-free assertion of their time-honoured powers, spanning doomy, self-lacerating desert-rock, Who-style windmilling grandiosity and radio-slaying bubblegum punk slowed to a Sabbath crawl. Its coherence is pretty laudable given the array of guest musicians on board, many of them old sparring partners: James Lavelle twiddles knobs on the title track, returning the favour for Homme's turn on UNKLE records past, Dave Grohl returns to the drumstool to reprise his role from Songs For The Deaf, while Mark Lanegan, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and formerly excommunicated bassist Nick Oliveri all lend their vocal talents to the stew. Trent Reznor, who the band originally wanted to produce the album, appears on a brace of songs, but more unexpected are the visits from Elton John, who sings and plays piano on the not ineffective 'Fairweather Friends', and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears, whose falsetto can be heard on grandstanding gothic opener 'Keep Your Eyes Pealed'.