QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE UNVEIL NEW SONG… ‘THE EVIL HAS LANDED‘
TAKEN FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM VILLAINS OUT 25th AUGUST ON MATADOR RECORDS / RHYTHMETHOD IN NEW ZEALAND.
“Perhaps the most preposterously exciting Queens Of The Stone Age song ever” – MOJO Magazine on ‘The Evil Has Landed’, July 2017
PREVIEW / BUY THE EVIL HAS LANDED
Pre-order ‘Villains’ HERE
Queens Of The Stone Age today unveil ‘The Evil Has Landed’, premiered by Zane Loweas his World Record on Beats 1, the second track to be released from their eagerly anticipated album Villains (out August 25th on Matador Records via Rhythmethod in New Zealand).
Produced by Mark Ronson, and written by Josh Homme, Dean Fertita, Mikey Shumanand Troy Van Leeuwen, ‘The Evil Has Landed’ sees Queens on classic form in a monstrous six and a half minute epic. Melding fuzzed out melodic guitars, trademark falsetto vocals, and lyrics of hedonistic abandon, the track’s grinding groove giving way to a gloriously full blown boogie.
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 New Zealand, the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Norway and 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/
Already garnering a wealth of critical acclaim ahead of it’s August 25th release, Villains is now available for preorder on deluxe vinyl, standard vinyl, CD and digital.
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
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE VILLAINS
OUT AUGUST 25 ON MATADOR RECORDS / RHYTHMETHOD
Pre-order CD, 2LP, 2LP Indie Version, 2LP Deluxe Version from your favourite local retailer HERE
Praise for Villains
‘Villains is brilliant. It’s all the things that make QOTSA such a thrilling band condensed into a jolting, compact rock record’ – Q Magazine **** (four stars)
“Heroic stuff…..Homme had already done more than anyone of his generation to pump new heart into rock. Now with an unlikely ally, he’s revived the soul too.” –MOJO**** (four stars)
“A surprisingly welcome balance between Black Sabbath and disco'” – Uncut 8/10
“A reinvention that manages to sound both quintessentially QOTSA and forward-thinking… Villains cuts comfortably shoulder the best of QOTSA’s back-catalogue” – Kerrang **** (four stars)
“(QOTSA’s) most danceable offering yet – and all the better for it” – DIY ***** (five stars)
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