Queens of the Stone Age are set to release a new album in 2017, their first in four years.
The news comes from an unlikely source – Mastodon‘s Troy Sanders, who recently formed a new project with QOTSA’s Troy van Leeuwen.
Talking to Rolling Stone, Sanders was explaining how he manages to juggle a myriad of projects when he let slip: “I like to think none of us needs this band, but we all really want this band. When that’s the mentality, this is special to the four of us… Otherwise, we wouldn’t dedicate the first week of 2017 to working on this band. For example, Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon and At The Drive-In have all been recording, and we all have new records coming out this year.”
Josh Homme hinted that a new QOTSA record was in the works last summer. The new record will follow 2013’s …Like Clockwork, which was released in 2013 and fervently acclaimed by critics and fans alike.
