pre good, production is awful though

terrible, bland radio pop.. at least the art is still great..

its decent

wow that was shit lol

I enjoyed it.

Jon Theodore on the track and they mix him to sound like he's hitting his drums with cheerleader pom poms

All the guitars sound like Donald Duck

pre good, production is awful though [2]

I do like that everyone sounds like they're having fun after ...Like Clockwork though. It's a bouncy track.

Not what I was expecting, but halfway through it grew on me. It is def leaning towards the Era Vulgaris sound. The Feet Don't Fail Me track sounds much better I think.

Hurray it's garbage

what the fuck is up with the drums on this?

Sounds like Deep Purple and I'm feelin it

Mark Ronson needs to stick to producing pop/hip-hop/r&b

Yeah I'm not feeling this at all. It sound waaay too poppy and fruity for a QOTSA song. Really hoping their new album isn't like this. The Rated R era was unmatched, however I doubt this album will sound anything like it

strong thought process

> hire jon theodore the GOAT drummer
> hire mark ronson the WOAT producer
> replace snare hits with handclaps
> ???
> u wot m8

Tommy I remember the days when you would chew out anyone who said GOAT, oh how things change

but ye song is a bad Era Vulgaris bside

Yeah idk. Clockwork was good and even Vulg wasn't half bad. This though....I'm just scared at this point

I... I really don't know what to think of this. Shit production, not a bad song, but not a good one. I just hope the rest of the album doesn't sound too much like this and if it does that they don't play too much of it live when I see them at Riot Fest.

I put it on and went to do something else, then completely forgot it was still playing in the background. Not too memorable.

"Stoner rock band"
I resent that

This is great. I really like the production on it too. It's unconventional sure, but it really works for their sound.

[2]

Yet another disappointment for 2017.

Pretty good.

Really cool

the production is what really kills this tbh, I like it, but the way the drums are produced make the whole song sound like an intro

it's like 'ok this is cool but when are the real drums going to come in tho'

and then the song stops for a second at like 2:22 and it just sounds like the song straight up starts over for a second

there's all sorts of things I actually like about it though, I just hope this isn't the final version

Now i heard percussion like fucking machine gun, thanks guys. I like this one its different than last album. Album art and this single graphic are great

Hope this is one of the weakest tracks because honestly, this track sounded like one of those snippets from a car commercial. Agreed on Theodore. Why would you have one of the most gifted, creative drummers in the business and have him sound like a superior drummer rip track. Production was shite.

Definitely has more of an Era sound. I'm ok with it, maybe it is the most accessible on the album.

Curious how this blends into the album. I hope there are some darker tracks or at least some more twisted stuff like the one found on Like Clockwork or Lullabies. Artwork is great, agreed.

it's good
skeptical on how the rest will turn out, mark ronson producing it all is scary

shit production.. a real shame

Looking forward to Villains Of Circumstance, from what I heard of it has the more ...Like Clockwork approach

This is just kind of okay, dunno kind of disappointing really after that great snippet of "Feet Don't Fail Me" they showed.

Some of the worst material i've heard from them and I LOVE QOTSA

what are you guys basing your opinions on Mark Ronson on besides just this one song because this is the only thing I've ever heard from him that's sub-par tbh

he's even done some really fantastic shit, like Back to Black

Ronson should stick to producing glossy pop/r'n'b stuff though because both the Guitars and the drums sound absolutely awful on this.

Guitars and the drums sound absolutely awful on this [2]

I'm listening to this and thinking "ok this is a cool intro"

and then it goes on for 4 minutes and I'm not sure what's going on, are my speakers broken or what. srsly wtf is this production hahaha

Oh my, this is not very good...

Cool track bad production [242432005]

Indifference reigns

lol what a shit riff. fucking awful track. releasing a track like this... josh gotta be full of himself these days. fortunately this band already released enough excellent stuff for a lifetime.

I'm listening to this for like 5th time in a row, because I still can't comprehend how shitty it is lol, like srsly josh, WTF

not great

this album will probably turn out not good

maybe ronson will manage some nice horns in a few songs (it's just about his only real forte as a producer).. but fuck me, this is awful..

Genuinely confused to see a lot of people not enjoy this.
I reckon it's pretty great, has a very TCV mixed with Smooth Sailing sound.

Song pretty cool, definitely grown on me.

That album art is fantastic tho.

Looks like more Bonerface art

not bad, not great

Like your FACE

Lol jk don't hunt me down

I'm already looking at you

Impossible my blinds are up

#wrecked

Danceable but not really my cup of tea. I loved the last record, hopefully this one is as diverse as that one

So I guess now we know why Lanegan isn't on this album. It's a pop record. What a bummer. I also don't see the TCV comparisons at all. TCV had balls, guitars, drums. I don't hear any of that here.

What's TCV?

nothing happens

Them Crooked Vultures, Serenity dude.

Well, hopefully they don't pull a Morbid Angel on us

meh

Oh, now I see. But yeah, not really close to TCV

This comment section is a very good example of confirmation bias. Most of the comments about the production are total bs =)

Song's super fun, makes me shake my skinny white ass.

aggressively mediocre

terrible

Yeah I don't mind the production at all. And the guitars especially are one of the signature Homme sounds

aggressively mediocre [2]

why does it sound so thin though. Like the guitars have absolutely no balls whatsoever. No punch to it. Sounds flat? Is it just me?

The YouTube version probably doesn't help, probably sounds a bit meatier on Spotify.

Song sounds better on spotify or apple music. It's nice sounds like their older stuff I dig it ho

drums don't even sound like drums, it's a synthetic piece of clapping shit

YouTube should be able to accommodate 320kps tracks by now, compression is their middle name.

It actually doesn't sound much different on spotify, but the bass sounds better.

It's a decent song for what it is, kinda weird for them but hoping the album is diverse like LC at least. I don't mind a more fun, mainstream sound if it's executed really well.

This sounds like a shitty indie pop band tbh.

LC... is never gonna be repeated in terms of experimentation man, that record was born through Homme's traumatic brush with death.

The bass is more "woof-y" and less "screech-y", which is why if you are listening to it on a laptop/small PC speakers its almost inaudible, but listen to it on good headphones/stereo and its pretty loud and pounding. Also the youtube version is lower quality check it out with Apple/Spotify.

I love that album art a lot.

"This sounds like a shitty indie pop band tbh."

If by shitty indie pop you mean 50s Swing with a touch of 20s Jazz, then yeah, totally

Yeah the album art looks really nice.

I'm really glad Homme is looking well again nowadays, dude looked pretty haggard from 2014-16.

Exactly Pleb, but if they follow it up with a stoner rock meets modern indie sounding mainstream album, or Era Vulgaris Pt. 2 and lose all the brilliance and experimentation of LC, it'd still be pretty disappointing, but I have higher hopes than that.

"50s Swing with a touch of 20s Jazz"

So everything that was terrible about pop music trends........... ten years ago.

They'll probably try something new dude, every QOTSA has a different vibe going for it.

Regardless, best modern mainstream rock band around m/

Yeah true, would love more TCV at some point too

nah, TCV is boring as hell

"So everything that was terrible about pop music trends........... ten years ago."... well, Homme's a fan, so why wouldn't he.
He actually said in yesterday interview that this was the first song written, like 4 years ago in the beginning of the ...LC tour and he just recorded it with clapping and singing alone, trying to emulate that swing dancey sound he loves so much, and when he played it for the rest of the guys about 7 months ago, they wanted to work on this song first and be like a mission statement for the rest of the record, and also for the production to be super tight, dry and crisp, and when they tought about who could help them achieve that Mark Ronson sprang to mind right away... anyway...

I don't hate it, but... fingers crossed for the rest of the album.

"well, Homme's a fan, so why wouldn't he.
He actually said in yesterday interview that this was the first song written, like 4 years ago in the beginning of the ...LC tour and he just recorded it with clapping and singing alone, trying to emulate that swing dancey sound he loves so much, and when he played it for the rest of the guys about 7 months ago, they wanted to work on this song first and be like a mission statement for the rest of the record, and also for the production to be super tight, dry and crisp, and when they tought about who could help them achieve that Mark Ronson sprang to mind right away... anyway..."

anyway[2]

I don't care for the guitar tone, but other than that I'm into it. Homme's vocals make up for the terr-treble guitar.

"Jon Theodore on the track and they mix him to sound like he's hitting his drums with cheerleader pom poms"

Sad but True. This song is devoid of any groove.

Boring garage-y indie pop, drums sound like shit.

...Like Clockwork was so good, this is a massive step backwards.

Well, maybe the rest of the album's a hint better. Let's hope and see.

'well, Homme's a fan, so why wouldn't he.
He actually said in yesterday interview that this was the first song written, like 4 years ago in the beginning of the ...LC tour and he just recorded it with clapping and singing alone, trying to emulate that swing dancey sound he loves so much, and when he played it for the rest of the guys about 7 months ago, they wanted to work on this song first and be like a mission statement for the rest of the record, and also for the production to be super tight, dry and crisp, and when they tought about who could help them achieve that Mark Ronson sprang to mind right away... anyway...'

oh shit I totally didn't noticed the swing music influence but its palpable, isnt it

that's interesting as shit

this song just sucks.. Homme fuck you, Oliveri would have not let this happen..

Is there any bass on this song?

Song could have been made on a laptop. So if there is, they wasted bass for nothing.

didnt know josh homme joined jet

^ ouch

I don't hate this but I'd hate an entire album of it. Especially if that production is final like what on earth

Yawn

wow

ok song, not great tho
rip

"Is there any bass on this song?"
im hearing the bass lines just fine
u must have a shitty stereo or no ears

maybe both

It's like if Era Vulgaris was all boring dancy tunes with shit production

Wasn't a big fan of "My god is the sun" either, still cautiously optimistic for this

"Is there any bass on this song?"
Bass is very audible, it just waits like 45 seconds before appearing.

I don't dislike this song, hope it's one of a kind though

"I don't dislike this song, hope it's one of a kind though"

nailed it.

My laptop sucks then.

Calling them a stoner rock band in the article for this song is just adding insult to injury

This isn't bad. Yeah, it's pretty shamelessly poppy, but it has enough sleaze in the guitar and vocal lines that Josh Homme can still sell it.

And yeahyeahmarkronsonblahblahwhoactuallygivesashitnotme

It's not that bad, I like everything QOTSA and Kyuss have ever released. I miss the desert riffs though

"My heart, a ding-a-ling, a puppet on a string, c'est la vie" is now up there among my fave Homme lines

So, I've been listening (and liking) to this song, and now I have developed some expectations for Villains:
I'm expecting a tight album with a very dry sound (kinda like T.Rex's Electric Warrior or even something like some of the tracks on John Lennon's debut solo album [like "I Found Out"]), expecting that a good 2/3 of the album is going to be upbeat, sexy and life affirming, which they almost desperately needed after a slumbering mastodon of self-reflection that is ...Like Clockwork, with the other 3rd (probably the last of every 3 song third of a nine-track album) being a little more melancholy and ballad-y, but that's just me going off of having heard "Villains of Circumstance" and them previously having done songs like "This Lullaby", which actually makes me think that it would've been cool to hear Lanegan on a QOTSA record again, but I think they said there were no guests on this.

Dry guitar and cranked mids are what Homme is all about. That sound is all over SftD and LtP

desert tones cmon dudes u should know by now

We do know, except its the treble that's cranked on EW and Plastic Ono, while the mids are scooped away, same in this new QOTSA single, which is rather new to them, and a bit uncharacteristic , but I like it.

I really wish I could defend this

people trying to banalize this by saying the guitar tone is the same as always are rly funny

Jammed a few times. I like it. Hoping for better/different though.

I actually really like this. Not what I was expecting, but I love it when Josh does weird funky shit. Has a little EoDM vibe too.

Def hear some EoDM, also reminds me of Gunman by TCV

I hear more Gunman on that Feet Don't Fail Me track

That's fair
Any Gunman is good Gunman

Haven't dug any EoDM, but only heard a few songs. Worth checking out or...?

Check Heart On if you like QotSA

Can't say it wowed me or anything. But hey, it's Queens. Still looking forward to Villians.

OK so I'm not overly keen on QOTSA taking this turn if it's for the whole album, it's a bit reminiscent of Gunman from TCV, and I prefer my Queens to have a bit more grit - I'm a Songs For The Deaf child after all - but with all that said, by damn does this song make me wanna strut.

Also, didn't realise the Gunman comparison had already been made. My bad.

Song is fun, but the drum production is terrible. Song never really takes off, just kind of stays at the same level throughout. It's frustrating because it's so danceable and it feels like a climax is coming, but we're constantly blue-balled. Vox are maybe a bit too loud too

Everything else sounds fine tho, could see this being a really fun live song

I legit have no idea what to make of this song. It's all over the place.

I was disappointed by the last album and it looks like I'll be disappointed by this one as well. QOTSA could really benefit from being produced by someone like Steve Albini. Get this pop garbage outta here.