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In Times New Roman... (2023)

Where the lyrics of In Times New Roman... take you, and where it was really made.

Homme says the band recorded the album about two and a half years before release, yet he sang his vocals much later.

Key places

Recorded at Josh Homme's Pink Duck Studios (2023)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — The album was recorded at Josh Homme's Pink Duck Studios in Burbank, California. The point uses the city-centre coordinates of Burbank, so it does not mark the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri-La studio (2023)

Recording site Shangri-La — The album was also recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri-La studio in Malibu, California. The point is placed at the studio's own location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• In Times New Roman...: eighth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age
• Released June 16, 2023 through Matador Records
• Announced in a video teaser on May 9, 2023, alongside the lead single "Emotion Sickness"
• First album since Villains (2017)
• Concludes the band's first trilogy of Matador albums, which began with ...Like Clockwork (2013) and continued with Villains

Background

• In an interview with NME before release, Josh Homme described how life events influenced the record
• Homme said the band recorded the album about two and a half years before release, but it sat unfinished
• Homme said he did not sing the vocals until the last November before the interview
• Homme said he was probably afraid and not ready, and needed the difficult period to end before he could accept it
• Homme said the record is about acceptance and that he had to reach that acceptance himself

Recording

• The band produced the album, and mixing was handled by Mark Rankin
• Recorded at frontman Josh Homme's Pink Duck Studios in Burbank, California
• Also recorded at Rick Rubin's Shangri-La studio in Malibu, California
• Personnel: Josh Homme (lead vocals, electric guitar, percussion, production, engineering), Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman, Jon Theodore, Troy Van Leeuwen
• Cello, viola, and violin players (Richard Dodd, Leah Katz, Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain) appear on several tracks

Cover

• Artwork by Boneface, a longtime collaborator of the band
• Boneface also designed the double LP gatefold packaging

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · de.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band formed in Palm Desert, California, in 1996 by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme.
• The band was founded shortly after the dissolution of Homme's previous band Kyuss.
• Its self-titled debut album was released in 1998.

Members

• Josh Homme is the only constant member through multiple line-up changes.
• The line-up since 2013 consists of Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita, and Jon Theodore.
• Former members include Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan, Joey Castillo, and Natasha Shneider.

Career

• Rated R (2000) was the band's major label debut with Interscope Records and was critically and commercially successful.
• Songs for the Deaf (2002) featured Dave Grohl on drums and was certified gold in 2003.
• ...Like Clockwork (2013) became the band's first album to top the Billboard 200 chart.
• The band has been nominated for 9 Grammy Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic gave the album 80 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reception
• NME's Thomas Smith described it as a grotty, pain-driven listen with a rawness absent since Era Vulgaris (2007), and rated it 4/5
• Slant Magazine's Fred Barrett wrote that the album drops the glossy dance-rock of Villains but does not explore new styles, sounds, or textures
• Exclaim!'s Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette wrote that the band moved away from its roots in some regards but stayed the same in others, and that the album will satisfy real fans more than casual listeners
• Sputnik Music's Simon K. wrote that the band delivered something very familiar with just enough new elements to feel somewhat fresh, and found no top-tier tracks
• Pitchfork's Zach Schonfeld called it the band's heaviest, angriest work since Era Vulgaris, with Homme stripping back the chrome-plated dance-rock of Villains toward a bluesy primitivity
• Schonfeld also found that the most compelling tracks mix anger with humor and wry introspection, and that the best songs sit in the back half

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Homme said the band recorded the album about two and a half years before release, but it stayed unfinished for a long time.
• The title refers to Times New Roman, a well-known typeface, and the graphic world borrows from ancient Rome.
• The announcement video was titled "Glory to Rome!" and showed a Roman orgy scene.
• The album marks the end of a trilogy of Matador releases that started in 2013.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · de.wikipedia.org

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