QOTSA EQUALS GOOD

I cannot stress it enough: Queens of the Stone Age deserve a share of your music budget.

I've recently been grooving to their latest release, Lullabies to Paralyze. As usual, they don't disappoint, and come through with several incredible tracks. Unlike most throwaway bands today, each of their albums is packed with good material. This one starts out OK, but about three tracks in it reallys picks you up and nails you.

Everybody Knows That You Are Insane is my first favorite of the album, immediately followed by the excellent Tangled Up In Plaid. But then Burn The Witch comes along, takes the album a notch higher, and shows their Masters of Reality cross-over roots. In My Head and Little Sister are a little lighter than the previous three, but enjoyable.

Then the album shifts gears. I Never Came tones it down musically while getting heavier lyrically. Never fear, they quickly kick back to walls of distorted guitar riffing with Someone's In The Wolf kick-starting the back-half of the album.

My current album favorite is Skin On Skin, but maybe that's the pervert in me..."i got a one track mind / we got a skin on skin thing baby / i wanna lick you too much, baby."

Highly recommended. QOTSA will rock your world.