The Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders told BBC6 a little about the recording session with Queens Of The Stone Age drummer Josh Homme. Here is a snippit of the article:
“We did a few days in the desert and it was amazing,. The studio is just like a house that’s converted into a studio, but the area surrounding it; you’ve never really seen anything like it.
Before we went, he was saying that special things happen there. We were like, ‘What can he mean?’ But it really had quite an effect on us.
Speaking about how the new material sounded, Helders said that the desert environment may have added a “spaghetti western” influence. “Maybe subconsciously there’ll be some ‘spaghetti’ in there,” he said.
He said the band may return for further sessions with Homme. “We don’t know yet when he can fit it in or when we can fit it in,” he explained. “We’re gonna spend a bit of time listening to what we just did and see how we feel and what we wanna do next.”
I absolutely cannot wait to hear what comes out of those sessions. I don’t know what they are referring to with the “spaghetti western” influence, but I guess we will see. Maybe something along the lines of Muse’s ‘Knights Of Cydonia’?? If Homme can keep the dark energy found on songs like ‘If You Were There, Beware’, ‘What If You Were Right The First Time?’, ‘This House Is A Circus’. If Homme can point them in the right direction, it may be scary to hear how good their new material is.
Read the original article here: NME
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