In Times New Roman...

by Queens of the Stone Age

In Times New Roman... cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 June 2023
  • Label: Matador, Queens Of The Stone Age
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:37
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 23 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking the conclusion of a thematic trilogy, 'In Times New Roman...' strips away the dance-oriented polish of its predecessor for a rawer, heavier, and more self-produced sound that is among the band's darkest and knottiest work. The self-produced album serves as a cathartic vessel for frontman Josh Homme's recent personal turmoil, with brutally honest and venomous lyrics exploring themes of grief, heartbreak, and acceptance through a lens of caustic wit and vulnerability. Sonically, it revisits the sludgy, fuzz-heavy stoner rock of the band's earlier days while retaining a swaggering, groove-centric approach, resulting in a sound that is both a return to form and a brutally honest reflection of its time.

Genres

Descriptors: confident, groove-oriented, rhythmic, riff-heavy, fuzz

Tracklist

  1. Obscenery (04:23)
  2. Paper Machete (03:22)
  3. Negative Space (03:53)
  4. Time & Place (04:26)
  5. Made to Parade (05:18)
  6. Carnavoyeur (03:56)
  7. What The Peephole Say (04:06)
  8. Sicily (04:41)
  9. Emotion Sickness (04:31)
  10. Straight Jacket Fitting (09:01)

Credits

  • Queens Of The Stone Age - primary artist, producer
  • Boneface - artwork
  • Dean Fertita - band [qotsa are], songwriter
  • Jon Theodore - band [qotsa are], songwriter
  • Josh Homme - band [qotsa are], engineer, songwriter
  • Mikey Shuman - band [qotsa are], songwriter
  • Troy Van Leeuwen - band [qotsa are], songwriter
  • Josh Javor - booking
  • Robby Fraser - booking
  • WME - booking
  • X-Ray Touring - booking
  • Justin Smith - engineer
  • Mark Rankin - engineer, mixed by
  • Robert Adam Stevenson - engineer
  • Greg White - engineer [assisted by]
  • Chris Bellman - lacquer cut by
  • Jeffrey Light - legal
  • Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP - legal
  • Silva Artist Management - management
  • Adam Woodhall - management [business management]
  • Dawn Nepp - management [business management]
  • Provident Financial Management - management [business management]
  • Gavin Lurssen - mastered by
  • Reuben Cohen - mastered by
  • Davey Latter - technician [drum tech]
  • Matt Zivich - technician [guitar tech]
  • Salar Rajabnik - technician [guitar tech], technician [keyboard tech]
  • Wayne Faler - technician [guitar tech], technician [keyboard tech]
  • Jeanine 'Nina' McCoy - backing vocals [additional backing vocals]
  • Sharetta Morgan-Harmon - backing vocals [additional backing vocals]
  • Tenderlie Lavender - backing vocals [additional backing vocals]
  • Richard Dodd - cello
  • The Section Quartet - strings
  • Leah Katz - viola
  • Daphne Chen - violin
  • Eric Gorfain - violin
  • Brendan Benson - recorded by [dean's keyboard & guitar recorded by]
  • Matt Helders - backing vocals [additional backing vocals]
  • David Feeny - recorded by [dean's vox, chains, glass recorded by]

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