QOTSA - Villans

fluke

Haven't listened to it yet but the cd arrived yesterday and the artwork is as bare bones as ..Like Clockwork

CardBordWindow

I found it to be a real grower. The more listens, the better it gets.

Pelvis

As someone who's not much of a QOTSA fan, barring the hit singles, this album is quality!!!

dirkmeister

CardBordWindow wrote: »

I found it to be a real grower. The more listens, the better it gets.

The first time I heard The Way You Used to Do, I was not impressed.

It's a real grower is right...can't wait to hear it live.

Mushy

It gets better by the listen. Really enjoyable and it'll be great live.

seachto7

Listened to it a while ago. It’s a weird one. Some really good songs, and some a bit *meh*. It would have been interesting to hear how these would have sounded with a heavier guitar sound production wise. I would have preferred that old style QOTSA sound, but I guess it’s a different band now. They’ll sound good live either way I reckon.

So, for those who are looking for proper stoner style QOTSA, who has taken over that mantle, as you can’t really say QOTSA are a stoner rock band now? Clutch?

Richy06

This album is the job. Feet Don't Fail Me Now is such a diddy!

Penfailed

I like it a lot.  It's a grower of an album

Grayditch

It does nothing for me, sitting down and listening to it, but I think it's got lots of potential live. I might buy the record and see how it sounds that way.

seachto7

Had a few listens now, and it's not doing much for me.

Nailz

It's a small bit of a grower, but not to the extent that it's blown me away. The outstanding tracks for me are "Head Like a Haunted House", "Feet Don't Fail Me", and "The Evil Has Landed", the rest of the album does have its good spots, but nothing I'd come crawling back to too soon.

Overall - as an album - I'd put it above Era Vulgaris in the QOTSA pecking-order, but just about, and EV's high points are still higher than that of Villains'.

Mushy

Love putting this on after a day of work. Puts me in a good mood no matter what. Feet don't Fail, Unreborn Again, Head Like A Haunted House and Domesticated Animals would be my most hoped for tracks come November.

Prezatch

I really wanted to like this more, but sadly I'm pretty disappointed

hidinginthebush

seachto7 wrote: »

babe
So, for those who are looking for proper stoner style QOTSA, who has taken over that mantle, as you can’t really say QOTSA are a stoner rock band now? Clutch?

Check out uncle acid and the deadbeats. Very sabbath-like

For the album itself I'm really liking it. It took a while but definitely grown on me. I think I held off because I'm going to miss the gig due to a poxy wedding

Sham Squire

Been listening to it a lot. It has now overtaken Songs For The Deaf as my favourite of all QOTSA albums. I love synths and really dig that they've added them on this album and how they've used them. I think the guitars sound great. The first two songs are so ****ing good they make this my favourite opening to a QOTSA album the last couple of songs are also up there with my faves so, all in all, it's grown on me since first listen (as all the best albums do IMHO) and I love it

OwaynOTT

Really not fond of that second track. Second half of the album is stronger in my view.

Sham Squire

Villains of Circumstance track is on repeat in this gaff

CardBordWindow

Sham Squire wrote: »

Villains of Circumstance track is on repeat in this gaff

They did a nice auld version of it on Jools Holland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JvOfnYZvNU

Grayditch

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Really not fond of that second track. Second half of the album is stronger in my view.

Yeah it starts strong and instantly falls at the second hurdle. Bad track.

Sham Squire

Amazing. Cheers for that

Gbear

I've listened to it a few times over the past month or so trying to digest it a bit.


In general, for the first 4 songs the vocals are the biggest issue I have.
Feet Don't Fail Me builds really well and it's a cracking riff but then the vocals kick in and the song just evaporates, particularly around the chorus.
It needs something much more forceful to go with that riff.

The Way You used to do has a solid pop-rock riff. If it came on in a loud bar you might jump around a bit and have some craic. Again, it's weak in the chorus.

Domesticated Animals is a bit of a nothing song.

Fortress again has really cool instrumentation but it and Villains of Circumstances are QOTSA at their worst IMO - they have random saccharine bull**** songs peppered around a few of their albums and I just find them to be unbearable.

I really like tracks 5,6,8. They're all instant classics and could slot in anywhere in the QOTSA catalogue.
6 - Unreborn Again is the standout of the album for me.
7 - Hideaway is good as well.

I like the overall direction of the album, as I did with Like Clockwork (which I like but it works best listened to as an album rather than just picking out a few tracks), but in this case I've found that most of the songs lack massively in the vocal department.

Other than Songs for the Deaf I've never been that impressed with QOTSA albums as a whole, finding they often have bits of miscellaneous crap stuffed into them amidst the really good songs, so I don't think this is particularly below-par for their offerings.
So overall I'm happy enough with it - a few more fresh songs to add to my QOTSA playlist.

jack presley

Cover of Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' being released on 6 April as part of some EJ covers album.