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Post by busyboy on Apr 23, 2007 14:04:34 GMT -5
UNKLE team up with Queens Of The Stone AgeJosh Homme guests on new album UNKLE have teamed up with Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme for their new album 'War Stories'. Homme will sing on the track 'Hold My Hand', which appears on the album, due out on July 9. Homme is one of the guests on the new album, which is produced by QOTSA collaborator Chris Goss. Also appearing on the album are The Duke Spirit, Massive Attack's 3D, Ian Astbury from The Cult and Autolux. UNKLE frontman James Lavelle will also be making his vocal debut on the album, also singing on the song 'Hold My Hand', as well duetting with Richard File on 'Morning Rage'.
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Post by busyboy on May 7, 2007 7:11:24 GMT -5
Homme, Astbury, Autolux Join UNKLE's 'War'May 07, 2007, 12:00 AM ET Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. Josh Homme, the Cult's Ian Astbury, Massive Attack's 3D, Autolux, Nada Surf's Matthew Caws, Jeordie White and the Duke Spirit are among the guests on the third UNKLE album, "War Stories," due July 24 in North America via group leader James Lavelle's new Surrender All label. Astbury sings on first single "Burn My Shadow," while Homme augments "Restless." Lavelle also makes his vocal debut here, singing "Hold My Hand" on his own and dueting with Richard File on "Morning Rage." The album was co-produced by Lavelle and Chris Goss and recorded in part at Rancho de la Luna Studios in Joshua Tree, Calif., home to Homme's long-running Desert Sessions projects. "War Stories" is the follow-up to 2003's "Never, Never, Land," which reached No. 6 on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums chart. It will also be available in a limited-edition two-disc set, featuring an instrumental version of the album. The artwork features paintings from 3D. UNKLE will tour inernational festivals this summer, and in the fall, visit North America with a full band for the first time. Dates have yet to be announced. Here is the track list for "War Stories": Intro "Chemistry" "Hold My Hand" "Restless" (feat. Josh Homme) "Keys to the Kingdom" (feat. Gavin Clark) "Price You Pay" "Burn My Shadow" (feat. Ian Astbury) "May Day" (feat. the Duke Spirit) "Persons & Machinery" (feat. Autolux) "Twilight" (feat. 3D) "Morning Rage" "Lawless" "Broken" (feat. Gavin Clark) "When Things Explode" (feat. Ian Astbury)
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Post by busyboy on Jul 8, 2007 4:26:49 GMT -5
I'm not finding this album to be particulary interesting, but UNKLE actually seemed like a one-off project since day one. Loved their debut almost ten years ago, though... Here's the video to "Burn My Shadow", starring Goran Visnjic from ER. The album came out last week in the UK, it debuts at #58 on the album chart there. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 21, 2007 12:32:27 GMT -5
Billboard:
ARTIST: UNKLE
ALBUM: WAR STORIES (Surrender All)
Studio mastermind James Lavelle's DJ/rock collective UNKLE has its third go with the aptly titled "War Stories." It's the first UNKLE album to be released via Lavelle's own label, and he certainly isn't playing it safe. The sound is bold, big and badass, with a crew of ballsy rock stars filling out the songs. Former Cult frontman Ian Astbury's vocals on "Burn My Shadow" are suspenseful and foreboding, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme pounds out a relentless "Restless," and Lavelle even steps to the mic for the first time for "Hold My Hand," a thumping boom of a track that is an album standout. Aggressive yet soulful, "War" doesn't just straddle the line between rock and electronica -- it destroys it.
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