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Josh Homme’s Desert Sessions is back
Ending a 16 year hiatus, Volumes 11 & 12 will be landing next month!

Finally ending the 16 year hiatus, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme has announced the return of Desert Sessions!
Revealing that Volumes 11 and 12 (aka respectively as Arrivederci Despair and Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels) will be released on 25th October, they were recorded within a six-day period and boast one of the most impressive and eclectic lineups yet.
With Josh as the ringleader, the upcoming eight tracks include spots from Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Mike Kerr (Royal Blood), Carla Azar (Autolux, Jack White), Les Claypool (Primus), Matt Sweeney, Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, Toast of London), Libby Grace and Töôrnst Hülpft. Told ya it was impressive.
Check out all of their (lols) reactions to the records below:
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