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QUEENS
OF THE STONE AGE - Lullabies To Paralyze
While the album title sounds like it was borrowed from Cradle
Of Filth,
the result is hardly as intense or extreme. Still precise and hard rocking,
Lullabies seems a little less polished than the previous recordings
with a slightly muffled lo-fi production styles - but that's the nature
of fuzzy rock. Those trademark QOTSA
straightforward, single chorded milling chops appear as the driving force
behind many songs, as they've deployed so successfully in the past. The
songs range from standard but highly effective rockers like Everybody
Knows That You're Insane to a freaky march on Tangled Up In Plaid
or the churning spiral descent of Burn The Witch's '70s rock groove.
The uneasy dark edge still glimmers below the sometimes humourous surface
that feels like borderline neuroticism. Again this album feels a touch
on the safe side (on the surface), but the subversive nature lurks inside.
Dave Grohl didn't help out on the drums this time, Joey Castillo getting
behind the kit. The bonus song Like A Drug clocks the track listing
in at fifteen tunes. Together with their last release (Songs For The
Deaf) some may think they have a disability fetish…
4 / A
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