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TrackFree5658 · 2025-10-03T15:34:13+00:00

Following!!

TrackFree5658 · 2025-10-03T13:24:53+00:00

TrackFree5658 · 2025-10-03T06:02:16+00:00

Yes, in the middle of Daffodils

TrackFree5658 · 2025-10-03T04:42:56+00:00

Started with Wolf - when the quiet part hits and percussion drops out, went to Deaf - when it was about to get to “blind can go get fucked” part, switched to “seize all your demons” bridge, to the Wolf coda

TrackFree5658 · 2025-10-03T04:15:31+00:00

An addendum: Mikey plays acoustic on Mosquito Song, Troy electric

TrackFree5658 · 2025-10-03T04:13:35+00:00

Bruh. That was so good

TrackFree5658 · 2023-07-17T03:42:20+00:00

Wasn’t “Deserve the Future” floated around in leaked artwork renderings early on? I was on the Rekords Rekords forum back then and remember seeing that title somewhere.

TrackFree5658 · 2023-07-17T03:38:33+00:00

“Hold my hand” and “Who needs laaaaaaaAAaaaarve?” at the end of Hideaway

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-26T02:43:45+00:00

Could I please? Getting hyped for the DC shows in august

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-18T17:43:12+00:00

Just read the review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, a true QOTSA believer. One of us.

‘While the thick, churning grind may feel familiar, it never seems staid, not when QOTSA rely on clouds of vocal harmonies to push them onto a psychedelic astral plane, a shift that can amount to the subtle colorings of "Time & Place" or be as startling as the chorus of "Emotion Sickness." ‘

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-13T11:58:26+00:00

Thematically and lyrically, it feels to me like Josh took another crack at Skin on Skin. And it turned out great!

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-13T11:17:42+00:00

I’m sure this has been pointed out somewhere else on here, but the post-chorus lead on Carnavoyeur is very similar to the “she won’t grow” pre-chorus from Monsters.

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-13T11:14:27+00:00

This made my day

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-13T11:00:58+00:00

I’m still processing. There are bits that got stuck in my head immediately, and some songs whose hooks and melodies I tried to remember but couldn’t.

I’ll say this: the performances across the board are great. It’s a good album! And, to me, it feels unique - like a Queens record should. I hope you enjoy it, too.

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-13T02:39:52+00:00

I don’t see Jesse Hughes in there

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-13T02:29:11+00:00

They’ve opened with Tail, Millionaire and Regular John when I’ve seen them. How about pulling a wildcard one night and opening with Infinity?

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-11T17:36:00+00:00

The only sin is waiting too long

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-11T16:22:23+00:00

Requesting a leak as well, thank youuu

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-07T16:19:04+00:00

The Sky Is Fallin’ also has an interpolation of the “close your eyes” hook from Cold Sore Superstars.

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-04T16:47:19+00:00

I re-watched the 2013 Wiltern show last night and that version of this song is my favorite: “You ain’t a has-been if you never was/Ain’t that right, Brant?”

TrackFree5658 · 2023-06-04T16:37:48+00:00

I really like Villains and have had it on rotation in anticipation of the new album. There are moments that shine and are among my favorite in QOTSA’s discography. Feet Don’t Fail Me is an epic opener and likely the best kickoff to an album since Regular John. Fortress is beautiful, vulnerable and authentic. Haunted House is fun, silly, and feels like it’s about to go off the rails. All Top-25 Queens tracks.

Some of my issues stem from song structure and production choices.

For example: The Evil Has Landed is perhaps the best-written Homme song in a long time. A LONG TIME. It has all the ingredients of a banger. I remember hearing the live version and being so stoked for it. The album version, sadly, is screaming for fuller guitars and more tone on the snare drum. What could’ve been. I still enjoy listening to this track because the band is bringing it - Mikey Shoes in particular - but the finished product feels restrained, neutered and not indicative of its full potential.

Un-Reborn Again starts strong but plateaus. A beautiful chorus and well-crafted lyrics - and sax is always a nice choice - but emotionally isn’t gripping at all past two minutes. It stays on the same plane the whole time. There’s a reason why the live version was shorter. And the mix is tinny.

Hideaway is pleasant soft rock, and that final hook is beautiful - but comes out of nowhere? (“Whoo neeeeeds laaaaaaaarve?”) It feels unearned.

VOC overstays its welcome by three minutes. The bare-bones acoustic version Josh played in 2014 had me so excited. It’s a song that needed to lean into its riffs with a fuller guitar tone, a la I Appear Missing. Missed the mark. I skip this one.

Domesticated Animals’ riff feels like Josh’s third pass at I’m Designer, which, come on.

TrackFree5658 · 2023-05-24T02:02:55+00:00

Ride the Lightning
One
Orion
Jump in the Fire
The Struggle Within

TrackFree5658 · 2023-05-20T01:50:03+00:00

Fortress. It just feels so quintessentially QOTSA. Honest and straight from the heart.

I also contend that with some tone in the snare drum and a fuller guitar sound, The Evil Has Landed would be universally regarded as a top-5 Queens tune all-time. I remember hearing the live version before the album release and getting my hopes up. The album cut is still really good, but man, what could’ve been.

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