Queens of the Stone Age are set to hit the studio to record a number of the 25 songs written by guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, singer Mark Lanegan and new drummer Joey Castillo for the follow-up to last year's 'Songs For The Deaf'.
The band's bassist Nick Oliveri told reporters: "There's all kinds of guitar-heavy stuff that's similar to 1998's 'Queens of the Stone Age', and some more melodic, poppy stuff with hooks and choruses like 2000's '(Rated) R', and stuff that's hard, hard, hard and driving like 'Six Shooter' from 'Songs for the Deaf'. Plus there'll be unexpected stuff: we're always trying to experiment with new things so we never end up making the same record twice."
"We've finally found players that want to stay and we want them to. We haven't had that before. It wasn't that we wanted it to be two or three people, it was that we hadn't found the right people until now."
The Queens have revealed that they will not be giving anyone a sneak preview of any forthcoming tracks at festivals this summer: "We just don't want to burn out on them... We're not even rehearsing the new songs, because if we start rehearsing then we're gonna be playing them live. And by the time we go to record them, we'll already be tired of them."