When the Queens Of The Stone Age hit it, they hit it out of the park. Since their 1998 debut, you can count on at least half of every album to have big time riffage over big time thumping with enough hooks to decorate the Louvre. The problem is the other half. QOTSA often get lost in their own repetition, and by the end of Side Two, it all becomes one long song. Your miles may vary, of course, but I am a fan and I love what I love, though more times than not in 25 years, I wished I could love more.
"In Times New Roman" is the new Queens Of the Stone Age album, and it's the first since 2013's "Like Clockwork" that didn't leave me wanting less. This album is relentless, but in the best possible ways. There are no left turns, so it's a fairly easy ride from side to side, and what works, like one of the first singles "Emotion Sickness," works really well.
The best thing I can say about "In Times New Roman" is that I am ready for another spin.
3 comments:
Am I wrong in saying that parts of the vocal in "Emotion Sickness" reminds me of Todd with a smattering of The Cars? Nice cut.
Heavy!
Sounds like an act that needs a smartly curated greatest hits set to make a case for it.
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