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Artist | Queens Of The Stone Age
Title | Villains
Genre | Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 48:00
Label | Matador Records Store | 2017
Catalog | OLE-1125-2 Rip | 2017
Bitrate | 256 kbps Size | 92.32 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Feet Don't Fail Me 5:41
02. The Way You Used To Do 4:34
03. Domesticated Animals 5:20
04. Fortress 5:27
05. Head Like A Haunted House 3:21
06. Un-Reborn Again 6:40
07. Hideaway 4:18
08. The Evil Has Landed 6:30
09. Villains Of Circumstance 6:09
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────┤ Notes ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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Formed from the ashes of stoner rock icons Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age
reunited the group's singer/guitarist Josh Homme, drummer Alfredo
Hernandez, and bassist Nick Oliveri along with new guitarist/keyboardist
Dave Catching. The project's origins date back to Homme, who in the wake of
Kyuss' 1995 demise relocated to Seattle to tour with the Screaming Trees;
he soon began working with a revolving lineup of musicians including the
Trees' Van Conner, Soundgarden's Matt Cameron, and Dinosaur Jr.'s Mike
Johnson, recording a series of 7-inch singles originally issued under the
name Gamma Ray.
It takes nearly a minute for "Villains" to begin its slow ascent from the
murk and even longer before the clenched funk of "Feet Don't Fail Me Now"
clicks in, a deliberateness that suggests Josh Homme has supreme confidence
in the seventh album from Queens Of The Stone Age. Perhaps some of this
swagger flows in Homme's blood, perhaps it stems from QOTSA finally
reaching Billboard's pole position with 2013's "Like Clockwork", but
there's an undeniable assurance to "Villains" that surely has something to
do with the band - or specifically Homme, who is the only constant in
QOTSA's career - knowing precisely who they are as they close out their
second decade.
To that end, the hiring of Mark Ronson - the man whose star rose with Amy
Winehouse and who's sustained his fame through Bruno Mars - as producer
feels like the move of a group who knows no outside influence will dilute
their music, and "Villains" proves this to be true. QOTSA doesn't come to
Ronson, Ronson comes QOTSA, sharpening their attack and adding spooky grace
notes to the margins. On these asides, QOTSA conjures the dark magic that's
been their calling card since the start, but where "Like Clockwork" gained
strength from its foreboding, "Villains" feels designed to lift spirits.
For one, it's filled with ravers and boogies, alternating between taut
vamps and louche glam grooves.
Homme goes so far as to tip his stove pipe hat to Marc Bolan on "Un-Reborn
Again", one of a few classic rock nods scattered throughout the album. As
classic as "Villains" can sound - and there's no doubting that Homme and
company pledge allegiance to the sounds and styles patented in the 70s - it
feels fresh due to execution. At this stage, Queens Of The Stone Age don't
have many new tricks in their bag, but their consummate skill - accentuated
by the fact that this is the first QOTSA album that features just the band
alone, not even augmented by Mark Lanegan - means they know when to ratchet
up the tempo, when to slide into a mechanical grind, and when to sharpen
hooks so they puncture cleanly. All that makes "Villains" a dark joy, a
record that offers visceral pleasure in its winking menace.
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