Billboard got a listen to the upcoming Queens of the Stone Age album, Era Vulgaris, in Austin this week.
After hearing nine tracks, Billboard says Josh Homme and Co. are “peddling fast, powerful riffs (Sick, Sick, Sick, Battery Acid, 3’s + 7’s) as well as more psychedelic, boogie-ish rhythms (Suture Up Your Future, I’m Designer).” Guests on the album, due in June on Interscope, are rumored to include Trent Reznor, Julian Casablancas and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
Here’s a YouTube clip of a making of Era Vulgaris; I’m not sure if it’s officially sanctioned by QOTSA, but it is on the group’s MySpace page.
Hope this is more memorable than Lullabies. not asking for Songs for the Deaf but at least Rated R.