Genres: Alternative Rock, Hard-Rock, Heavy Metal
Queens of the Stone Age seem to be moving away from louder music and into more restrained hard-rock with an edge and they seem all the better for it.QOTSA have always been a band that was too skilled to be confined to underground status but to studied to sell-out. I have listen to this album for a bit over two weeks and this some of their best work. The sound and feel is more like the music heard on their album Rated R from 2000 and I found this welcoming as the last time I heard from these guys was 2005's Lullabies to Paralyze which was fine but not very exciting. I didn't hear much from 2007's Era Vulgaris which may have been a mistake I will attept to change on my next trip to the music store.
There is no wasted space on this album with gimmick tracks like 'Feel Good Hit of the Summer' from 2000's Rated R or pointless interludes such that were heard on 2002's Songs For The Deaf . Every song here is worth hearing and is packed with versatility with amazing restraint. There is less focus on guitar workouts on this album and it reveals that the band can actually write songs. 'Heavy Metal' is the lesser part of the band's sound but within their sound is still the evidence of that loud and wild music.
I found that the tracks 'If I had a Tail', 'My God is the Sun' and 'I Appear Missing' were the best distillations of the music on this album but that isn't to take anything away from the other music which is all high quality.
RATING 4.5/5
Below is a youtube link to the video for the song 'I Appear Missing' (th animation in this one was used for some of the cover art)
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