Something in advance: I have no great experience with Queens of the Stone Age, yet with Led Zeppelin. So I am unable to the music that a Josh Homme and John Paul Jones else makes to make a comparison. Furthermore, I would like to mention that I went to the plate without great expectations, because I am used to being disappointed by overly hyped discs. In my opinion this is an important setting. Just as important, it is also an album a few times to listen before making it down or exuberantly celebrating. For my part I can only say that this record to me surprisingly like better than I would have thought it. Too often eventually comes when supergroups out crap because they try all cramped band styles and innovations in a pot to fill. Not Them Crooked Vultures. What one or the other as inconsequential referred I think relaxed rock. The three band members make simply what they can. Dave Grohl served, how is it to expect from him, awesome drums. John Paul Jones convinces with funky bass playing. And Josh Homme delivers good guitar melodies and shows Vocally all its facets. The band offers melodic guitar rock with riffs that have quite Groove and the occasional use of distortion pedals also still provides plenty of variety. So are also songs like "Elephants" or "Spinning in Daffodils" that are not boring to the 7 minutes. The production can be described as very good. Not overly polished and not too rough, but punchy and right voted on the individual instruments. The album acts as a collective work and all the songs have interesting facets, not one is negative from. My Anspieltipps are: "No One Loves Me, Neither Do I", "Mind Eraser, No Chaser", "New Fang", "Scumbag Blues", "bandolier", "Elephants" and "Gunman".
What can you expect from this record? Foo Fighters? Certainly not. Queens of the Stone Age? I do not know. Led Zeppelin? I do not know. But also does not matter, because only one thing is important. Namely that you can expect a very good rock album here. And I think that's enough.
