Queens Of The Stone Age. That is all.
These guys have been making awesome music since 1997. Before that however Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri were in another band that you may have heard of called Kyuss. With their newest album Era Vulgaris, Queens have come quite a long way to be recognized as one of the best rock bands of today. Not to dwell on this yada-yada too much , lets get into the album itself.
The first track is Millionaire, which starts off with weird sound effects and someone getting into a car and turning the radio on. It sets the feel for the rest of the album as there are constant samples between songs of people talking on the radio and the channel changing. Millionaire itself is a great song with a groovy riff and some pretty energetic vocals. A great album opener for sure.
The second song No one Knows is without a doubt one of Qotsa-s most popular songs. It has a great groove running throughout the entire song and it is relentless, one of the best from the album for sure. The next song is called First It Giveth, and it's another classic qotsa song with Joshua presenting some weirdass singing and fast paced riffing. It blasts right into Song For The Dead which starts off with this crazy chugging harmonic riff and once the verse kicks in you will be back in familiar territory with some bluesy licks placed all over the riffs and who I believe to be Mark Lanegan on vocals. This song fits perfectly on the album and although it might not be as big of a stand out as some of the other songs, its still great.
Sky Is Falling is one of my favourite Qotsa tracks and it presents a more progressive or experimental sound than say Millionaire does. There are some great lyrics in this song and the bouncing main riff is quite awesome. Another great song from the album.
Now after Sky Is Falling, things get a little weird to say the least. Keep in mind this is my opinion and don't shit yourselves if it doesn't agree with yours.
Six Shooters is a song that's barely over a minute long and it features Nick screaming like a maniac and honestly I dont know what the hell is going on with this one. To me this is a filler song, nothing else and nothing more. I could not care less if this wasn't on the album.
Hanging Tree is a song featuring Mark Lanegan on the vocals once again and it is quite good. The main riff and harmonies are pretty cool and this is a standart qotsa song where they show you how its done.
Go With The Flow. If you know who queens of the stone age are, you know this song . It's a standard single and really nothing special to my ears. A love song without much more to say about it.
The next 3-4 songs are again Qotsa doing what they do best, I have never really enjoyed songs like Gonna Leave You, Do It Again or Another Love Song. I cant say that they suck but I dont think theyre anything special either, Queens have made songs alot better than these and I feel these are more fillers than anything once again. The title track starts out with great bassline and a pretty typical chorus, still a great song. Mosquito Song is basicly the album closer and it's a great acoustic song that will stick in your head like mosquitos sucking on you on a cool summer night. To make it short , this is one of the more recognized Queens albums and it has some of their most memorable work on it, but I do feel there are some filler songs here that break the epicness of the album. Whichever way you slice it, this is still a great album and I give it a 7.5/10 without much second thought.
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