Queens of the Stone Age - Villains (August 25th, 2017) Album

Here for it! Let's go!

 

Mark Ronson!

 

That went on a little long, but excited for the album and the new song sounds great.

 

News to me.

 

Mark Ron and QOTSA? That's awesome.

 

Must have heard this

 

Homme also worked with Ronson on Lady Gaga's album.

 

Oh hell yes. Liked the sound of the clip. I thought the video was pretty funny too. Wonder when this will be coming out.

 

So ready for this. That clip sounds great

 

So fucking stoked for this. Seeing them next Thursday in Niagara Falls and hope they play Feet Don't Fail Me.

 

Will update OP this evening with artwork + tracklisting and single.

Preorder:

Villains

Love the deluxe vinyl package. Probably what I'll order. Artwork and layout is fantastic.

 

Love the cover art. Hope the tour comes to Dallas.

 

Royal Blood opening fall US dates



Hundreds of epic shows, memory lapses, unexplained injuries, one yearlong detour with Iggy Pop and multiple Grammy nominations later, Queens Of The Stone Age reemerge from the desert newly scarred and somehow strangely prettier with lucky seventh album, 'Villains', out August 25 on Matador Records. Now available for preorder on deluxe vinyl, standard vinyl, CD and digital (all formats include an instant download of first single “The Way You Used To Do”), Villains consists of the following songs:

1. Feet Don’t Fail Me
2. The Way You Used To Do
3. Domesticated Animals
4. Fortress
5. Head Like A Haunted House
6. Un-Reborn Again
7. Hideaway
8. The Evil Has Landed
9. Villains Of Circumstance

Produced by Mark Ronson 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' gave the band its first #1 album in the U.S. (and #1s in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Scotland, #2s in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Finland… but really, who’s counting?). Like the stunning artwork of returning illustrator Boneface, the sonic signatures of the lineup that took '…Like Clockwork' around the world and back—Founder/guitarist/vocalist/lyricist Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, keys), Michael Shuman (bass), Dean Fertita (keys, guitar), Jon Theodore (drums)—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."

Of his role working within such a closed and confident ecosystem as Queens Of The Stone Age, Ronson says, "Queens are and have always been my favorite rock n roll band ever since I walked into Tower on Sunset and bought 'Rated R' in the summer of 2000, so it was incredibly surreal to be welcomed into their secret, pirate clan—or the ‘jacuzzi’ as Josh likes to call it. I also knew that my super fandom alone would not keep me in the jacuzzi. There were moments during the making of the album in which i was aware i was watching my musical heroes craft something that was sure to become one of my favorite moments on any Queens album. And to have some part in that felt like being in a dream--a very heavy, dark, wonderful dream.”

Longtime Queens cohort co-producer Mark Rankin added, "After the baptism of fire that was …Like Clockwork, I was excited to get into the studio again with the challenge of pushing the sound for this record, especially with the the addition of Ronson into the creative mix. We wanted to evolve the production to be processed in a modern way yet be totally organic and still performed fully live, like lifting a veil and what you thought was electronic is actually live and things are not as they first appear… What we’ve made is forward looking yet unmistakably Queens."

Queens Of The Stone Age have also confirmed a slew of North American dates filling in the space between and beyond their previously announced appearances at Outside Lands and Riot Fest. The new shows, which include Queens’ first ever Madison Square Garden headline, are detailed below. For further information, keep an eye on Queens Of The Stone Age sites and socials and just let go.

TOUR DATES (new dates in bold, Tickets On Sale To The Public June 22)

Thursday, June 22 - Rapids Theater — Niagara Falls, NY SOLD OUT
Saturday, June 24 - Amnesia Rockfest 2017 — Montebello, QC
Thursday, July 13 - Logan Campbell, Auckland, New Zealand SOLD OUT
Sunday, July 16 - Convention Centre, Darwin, Australia
Wednesday, July 19 - Hodern Pavilion, Sydney NSW, Australia SOLD OUT
Thursday, July 20 - Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia SOLD OUT
Saturday, July 22, Splendour In The Grass, Tenindewa, Australia SOLD OUT
Friday, July 28 - Fuji Rock Festival, Kinsasa, Japan
Thursday, August 10 - Ventura Theatre, Ventura CA
Saturday, August 12 - Outside Lands, San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, August 23 - Vital Fest, Belfast, Ireland
Wednesday, September 6 - Capitol Theatre, Port Chester NY
Thursday, September 7 - Festival Pier, Philadelphia PA
Saturday, September 9 - Moison Amphitheatre (Budweiser Stage), Toronto ON
Sunday, September 10 - 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids MI
Tuesday, September 12 - Express Live! Outdoor Pavilion, Columbus OH
Wednesday, September 13 - Stage AE (Outdoors), Pittsburgh PA
Friday, September 15 - Agora Theatre, Cleveland OH
Saturday, September 16 - Riot Fest, Chicago IL
Saturday, October 7 - Cal Jam - Foo Fighters, Inland Empire CA
Monday, October 9 - The Complex, Salt Lake City UT
Tuesday, October 10 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO
Thursday, October 12 - Peabody, St. Louis MO
Friday, October 13 - Crossroads KC, Kansas City MO
Saturday, October 14 - Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Saint Paul MN
Sunday, October 15 - Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
Tuesday, October 17 - Fox Theatre, Detroit MI
Wednesday, October 18 - Old Theatre Centre - Murat Theatre, Indianapolis IN
Friday, October 20 - The Anthem, Washington DC
Saturday, October 21 - Agganis Arena, Boston MA
Sunday, October 22 - State Theatre, Portland ME
Tuesday, October 24, Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Thursday, October 26 - Arena, Mexico City, Mexico
Saturday, November 4th - Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
Sunday, November 5th - Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
Monday, November 6th - Samsung Hall, Zurich, Switzerland
Tuesday, November 7th - AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
Thursday, November 9th - König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
Friday, November 10th - Zenith, Munich, Germany
Saturday November 11th - Velodrom, Berlin, Germany
Sunday, November 12th - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tuesday, November 14th - TAP1, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday, November 15th - Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Thursday, November 16th - Sportspaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
Sunday, November 19th - Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
Tuesday, November 21st - The 02, London, UK
Thursday, November 23rd - Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK
Friday, November 24th - 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland

Customers ordering any format off the Matador store are entitled to Jump The Q when ordering tickets for the upcoming tour, visit http://presale.qotsa.com for info and access (by participating in this promotion, entrants hereby agree to the collection and usage of their personal information to enable Matador and Ticketmaster to fulfill this promotion)

 

Would you guys be mad if I made a Black Keys comparison because...

 

New song is up on Apple Music too. Seems like this album is going to be a lot of fun. Love the bass lines on this track.

 

Not surprising but Josh sounds so good on this.

 

Really digging this

 

That makes sense. There are definitely some QOTSA vibes on the new Royal Blood album, especially in some of the vocals.

 

Love that artwork, single is good

 

Well between this and the clip of Feet Don't Fail me, it's safe to say this album is looking up.

 

That artwork is so sick

 

I've never gotten into them really, but this song is great so I'm probably diving into their discog today