The long wait for the eighth Queens of the Stone Age album will finally end next month. In Times New Roman… comes out via Matador Records on June 16 with lead single “Emotion Sickness” released today.
The 10-track follow-up to 2017’s Villains was recorded at frontman Josh Homme‘s Pink Duck facility as well as at Rick Rubin’s famed Shangri-La studio in Malibu. Homme and bandmates Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore produced In Times New Roman… with Mark Rankin handling the mix.
Read a description of the album from press materials heralding its release:
“In Times New Roman… is raw, at times brutal and not recommended for the faint of heart. And yet, it’s perhaps the most beautiful and definitely the most rewarding album in their epic discography. Founder Joshua Homme’s most acerbic lyrics to date are buoyed by the instantly identifiable QOTSA sonic signature, expanded and embellished with new and unprecedented twists in virtually every song. With In Times New Roman… we see that sometimes one needs to look beneath scars and scabs to see beauty, and sometimes the scabs and scars are the beauty.”
QOTSA tapped Liam Lynch to create a lyric video for “Emotion Sickness,” which premieres tomorrow Friday, May 12. The song’s lyrics penned by Homme deal with heartbreak and loss. Josh Homme went through a turbulent period battling his ex-wife Brody Dalle for custody of the pair’s three children. The singer recently issued a statement updating the public on a settlement reached in the case.
Stream “Emotion Sickness” and watch a trailer for the new album below:
In Times New Roman… Tracklist
- Obscenery
- Paper Machete
- Negative Space
- Time & Place
- Made to Parade
- Carnavoyeur
- What the Peephole Say
- Sicily
- Emotion Sickness
- Straight Jacket Fitting
