FEATURING FULL “MY GOD IS THE SUN” ANIMATED VIDEO
MAY 23 LOS ANGELES SHOW SOLD OUT
…LIKE CLOCKWORK RELEASED JUNE 4 ON MATADOR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f49yRhJ0NjI
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Queens Of The Stone Age have released the full 15-minute film based on music from the band”s upcoming album … Like Clockwork, out June 4 on Matador Records (click HERE to watch). The visual interpretations of these various passages–including the full-length video for “My God Is The Sun”–come from the depths of the imagination of … Like Clockwork cover creator and all-around QOTSA collaborator, the enigmatic UK artist Boneface (and were brought to life by animator Liam Brazier). Assembled into the …Like Clockwork narrative, they flow seamlessly in accordance with the laws of their own nightmarish logic.
Described by Queens principal Joshua Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” …Like Clockwork is the first full serving of all new Queens material since 2007″s Era Vulgaris, as well as its debut release on Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now from http://smarturl.it/QOTSAamazonand from iTunes at http://smarturl.it/QOTSAlikeclockwork. iTunes pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun,” which has led the charge, as early acclaim continues to spread across the globe:
“Margaret Thatcher”s death?… small fry in the face of the new Queens of the Stone Age album… This is another of Josh Homme”s dramatic rock growls, with riffs that are quite frankly, bigger than the sun.”–NME
“Churning bass, thunderous percussion and the ominous wail of frontman Josh Homme signal a glorious return from a six year hiatus.”–THE SUN (UK): SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Single Of The Week
“(10 “most hotly anticipated warm-weather long-players”) … woozy desert-rock crooning over heavy swirls of guitar… the band”s upcoming sixth studio album, …Like Clockwork, reminds us, (Josh Homme) does it better than just about anybody else.”–ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“a kaleidoscopic air, swirling with FM radio”s various colors… Over it all, Homme croons like a hard rock mystic, timeless and omniscient”–BUST
“(FOUR STARS) the band”s most gloriously motorik chug since those earlydays… takes off like a trip to the Mushroom Planet as Homme croons about desert roads to nowhere and praises the sun like he never gets tired of staring at it… Breathe deep”-ROLLING STONE
“an appropriately gnarly 4/4 monster, recalling their hardest hitting early material. As Homme gazes in awe at the sun”s omnipresent embrace, rock die-hards have ample time to hail the Queens” revival”-BILLBOARD
…Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Alain Johannes and Justin Smith, at Josh”s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.
Queens of the Stone Age are: Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman. Jon Theodore plays drums live (and on the new record”s title track). See below for tour dates, which include an instantly sold out May 23 underplay at Los Angeles” Wiltern Theater and a handful of new shows. Check back at the following for updates:
https://www.facebook.com/QOTSA
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Live 2013
05/23/13 Los Angeles CA The Wiltern Theater (SOLD OUT)
06/13/13 Interlaken, Switzerland Greenfield Festival
06/14/13 Landgraaf, Netherlands Pinkpop
06/15/13 Donington, UK Download Festival
06/21/13 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany Southside Festival
06/22/13 Berlin, Germany Zitadelle Spandau
06/23/13 Scheesel, Germany Hurricane Festival
06/26/13 Helsinki, Finland Rock The Beach Festival
06/28/13 Borlange, Sweden Peace & Love Festival
06/30/13 Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg Rock a Field Festival
07/02/13 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadthalle D
07/03/13 Budapest, Hungary Volt Festival
07/02-05/13 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic Rock For People Festival
07/05/13 Gdansk, Poland Heineken Open¹er Festival
08/02/13 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
08/03/13 Bonner Springs, KS Buzz Under The Stars at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
08/04/13 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah”s Casino & Hotel
08/05/13 Sturgis, SD Broken Spoke Saloon and Campground
08/9-10/13 Squamish, BC Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/15/13 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
08/31-09/01/13 Philadelphia, PA Budweiser Made In America Festival
10/04-06/13 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
10/11-13/13 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival