Queens Of The Stone Age Announce New Live Album And Film
After dropping teasers online, Queens of the Stone Age have announced their new live album and film, Alive in the Catacombs, out on June 5th.
As you can guess from the title, the release captures the band’s stripped-down performance from last summer, where they performed in the infamous catacombs of Paris, where several million bodies were buried in the 1700s. The show marks the first time a band has ever performed there, granted by the city of Paris.
“If you’re ever going to be haunted, surrounded by several million dead people is the place,” announces frontman Josh Homme. “I’ve never felt so welcome in my life. We’re so stripped down because that place is so stripped down, which makes the music so stripped down, which makes the words so stripped down… It would be ridiculous to try to rock there. All those decisions were made by that space. That space dictates everything, it’s in charge. You do what you’re told when you’re in there.”
“The Catacombs of Paris are a fertile ground for the imagination,” adds Hélène Furminieux (Les Catacombes de Paris). “It is important to us that artists take hold of this universe and offer a sensitive interpretation of it. Going underground and confronting reflections on death can be a deeply intense experience. Josh seems to have felt in his body and soul the full potential of this place. The recordings resonate perfectly with the mystery, history, and a certain introspection, notably perceptible in the subtle use of the silence within the Catacombs.”
Watch the trailer below. Pre-orders can be found here. Fans who order by June 7th will receive exclusive access to behind-the-scenes footage in addition to full streaming and download access. An audio-only version of the release will be announced in the coming weeks.
Queens of the Stone Age will return to the surface world to perform a string of UK/Ireland dates this summer. See all their dates here.
(Photo by Andreas Neumann)
