Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork

Description: IMAGES MAY NOT BE EXACT - SEE DESCRIPTION FOR MENTION OF *ACTUAL PHOTOS* - OTHERWISE THEY ARE LIKELY GENERIC PHOTOS FOR REFERENCE. REFER TO CONDITION RATINGS FOR THE BEST IDEA OF SLEEVE AND VINYL CONDITIONS AND/OR COMMENTS SPECIFIC TO THIS COPY. Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork - ALT/INDIE *NEW* Item Description new / sealed All the surface evidence on ...Like Clockwork suggests Josh Homme is steering Queens of the Stone Age back to familiar territory. Once again, hes enlisted drummer Dave Grohl as his anchor and hes made amends with his erstwhile bassist Nick Oliveri, suggesting Homme is returning to either Rated R or Songs for the Deaf, the two turn-of-the-millennium masterpieces that thrust QOTSA out of their stoner rock cult, but ...Like Clockwork isnt so simple as a return to roots. Homme flirts with his history as a way to make sense of his present, reconnecting with his strengths as a way to reorient himself, consolidating his indulgences and fancies into a record that obliterates middle-age malaise without taking a moment to pander to the past. Like always, Homme opens himself up to collaborations, wrangling an impressive roster that includes his wife Brody Dalle, his longtime companion Mark Lanegan, his prot?g? Arctic Monkey Alex Turner, his kindred spirit Trent Reznor, Scissor Sister Jake Shears, and superstar Elton John, but despite this large cast, the only musician who makes an indelible presence is Homme himself. ...Like Clockwork is unusually focused for a Queens of the Stone Age record, containing all of the groups hallmarks -- namely volume and crunch, but also a tantalizing sense of danger, finding seduction within the darkness -- but there is little of the desert sprawl and willful excess that have always distinguished their records. This is forceful, purposeful, fueled by dense interwoven riffs and colored with hints of piano and analog synthesizers that quite consciously evoke 70s future dystopia. QOTSA always specialized in this eerie sexiness, but the precision on ...Like Clockwork -- quite different than the merciless propulsion of Era Vulgaris, the 2007 album that closed out their time at Interscope -- feels conceptually tight, Homme smartly sculpting guitar fuzz, elastic solos, haunted harmonies, and deceptively slinky rhythms into a cool, relentless collection of heavy rock. The force impresses but also the restraint: there are missed beats and open space, muscular music that seduces and pummels, even manages to soothe while it assaults. Its complex, harder, and catchier than anything QOTSA have done in a decade, and more song-oriented, too, but thats a sign of maturity: Homme has marshaled all of his strengths on ...Like Clockwork and has found a way forward, a way to deepen his music without compromising his identity. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Media Condition: Mint (M) Format Type: LP Format Detail: 2LP 150g standard Gatefold Jacket Genre: ALTERNATIVE Internal ID: JITRE Format: Vinyl Released: 06/04/2013 Sleeve Condition: Mint (M) Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.** CONDITION RATINGS : G / G+ / VG / VG+ / VG++ / EX / EX+ / NM / MINT You may request the results of a play test. Shipping can be combined on multiple items! Upon Request: New records can be nicely taken out of their sealed sleeves and shipped this way to protect from seam splits during transit. Additional Pictures Or Info Upon Request : (Seth)

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