Those who have been following the relatively lifeless Queens of the Stone Age Facebook page - praying for some hint of news in between all those Bejeweled Blitz notifications – woke up to a pleasant little surprise yesterday, as the band posted a status that simply read “recording”.
The Californian fivesome, who have remained relatively unheard of since 2007′s Era Vulgaris, have since received the encouragement of 54,350 fans, more than a few of which commented “about bloody time”.
The beginnings of new material have actually been floating around since 2008, though recording was as sporadic and unmotivated as one can expect from a psychedelic, stoner rock band. Last March however, founding member Josh Homme revealed to the Guardian that revisiting the band’s 1998 debut has actually worked to influence new material:
The rehearsals for the first record is really defining the new one. It’s been turning the new record into something else. What we were doing was kind of bluesy and now it’s turned into this trancey, broken thing. The robots are back!
Those robots seem to be doing their work, as after five years of false starts, a Homme-less Kyuss reunion and a Homme-full Them Crooked Vultures formation, the band are back on their feet. As well as the “recording” post, QOTSA cemented their return by uploading a picture of a guitar in a recording studio, captioned with the words “told ya.”
Who said rock stars can’t be productive?
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