{"id":490567,"date":"2019-09-26T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=890927"},"modified":"2019-09-26T09:59:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:59:51","slug":"josh-homme-recruits-les-claypool-billy-gibbons-for-new-desert-sessions-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/josh-homme-recruits-les-claypool-billy-gibbons-for-new-desert-sessions-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Homme Recruits Les Claypool, Billy Gibbons for New Desert Sessions LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/9726098vW.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Queens of the Stone Age\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/josh-homme\/\" id=\"auto-tag_josh-homme\" data-tag=\"josh-homme\">Josh Homme<\/a> has recruited Primus bassist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/les-claypool\/\" id=\"auto-tag_les-claypool\" data-tag=\"les-claypool\">Les Claypool<\/a>, ZZ Top guitarist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/billy-gibbons\/\" id=\"auto-tag_billy-gibbons\" data-tag=\"billy-gibbons\">Billy Gibbons<\/a> and more for the latest all-star installment of <em>The Desert Sessions<\/em>, his long-running stoner\/hard-rock collective series. Volumes 11 and 12, <em>Arrivederci Despair<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Tightwads &amp; Nitwits &amp; Critics &amp; Heels<\/em>, are out October 25th via Matador Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The album, which arrives 16 years after <em>Volume 10: I Heart Disco<\/em>, also features contributions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/scissor-sisters\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scissor-sisters\" data-tag=\"scissor-sisters\">Scissor Sisters<\/a> singer Jake Shears, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/warpaint\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warpaint\" data-tag=\"warpaint\">Warpaint<\/a> drummer Stella Mozgawa, Royal Blood singer-bassist Mike Kerr, Autolux drummer Carla Azar, guitarist Matt Sweeney, actor-comedian Matt Berry, T\u00f6\u00f4rnst H\u00fclpft and Libby Grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Homme, the collective\u2019s lone consistent member, produced the material mostly over a six-day span in December 2018 at Rancho De La Luna studios in Joshua Tree, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.matadorrecords.com\/vols-11-12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pre-orders<\/a> are available now, including a limited-edition first vinyl pressing that includes a custom \u201cmix and match body swap booklet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/drnmwXtOo0U?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Liam Lynch directed a hilarious promo video for the album. In the clip, he and an insecure Homme listen back to <em>Desert Sessions<\/em> samples \u2014 which turn out to be totally silent, as the musicians have requested via voicemail that their parts be removed from the final mix. \u201cWhat if, to add a sense of mystery, you took my name and likeness and all my playing off the record?\u201d Gibbons says. \u201cNot because I don\u2019t like it but to help promote that I\u2019m not on it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Homme, the collective\u2019s producer and ringleader, hosted the first Desert Session in 1997 \u2014 one year after founding Queens of the Stone Age \u2014 during a Joshua Tree writing and recording retreat with friends. A steady stream of albums followed over the next six years, featuring spots from PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan, Dean Ween and Nick Oliveri, among many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Desert Sessions Vols. 11 and 12 \u2013 <em>Arrivederci Despair<\/em> \/&nbsp;<em>Tightwads &amp; Nitwits &amp; Critics &amp; Heels<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cMove Together\u201d (lead vocal: Billy F. Gibbons)<br \/>2. \u201cNoses in Roses Forever\u201d (lead vocal: Joshua Homme)<br \/>3. \u201cFar East for the Trees\u201d<br \/>4. \u201cIf You Run\u201d (lead vocal: Libby Grace)<br \/>5. \u201cCrucifire\u201d (lead vocal: Mike Kerr)<br \/>6. \u201cChic Tweetz\u201d (vocals: T\u00f6\u00f4rnst H\u00fclpft, Matt Berry)<br \/>7. \u201cSomething You Can\u2019t See\u201d (lead vocal: Jake Shears)<br \/>8. \u201cEasier Said Than Done\u201d (lead vocal: Joshua Homme)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/josh-homme-les-claypool-billy-gibbons-desert-sessions-album-890927\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queens of the Stone Age\u2019s Josh Homme has recruited Primus bassist Les Claypool, ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons and more for the latest all-star installment of The Desert Sessions, his long-running stoner\/hard-rock collective series. Volumes 11 and 12, Arrivederci Despair&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tightwads &amp; Nitwits &amp; Critics &amp; Heels, are out October 25th via Matador Records. The album, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-21 15:35:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}