Credit: Nora LezanoQueens of the Stone Age took six years between releasing their 2007 album, Era Vulgaris, and their last record, 2013's ...Like Clockwork. As bassist Michael Shuman tells it, fans shouldn't expect an immediate followup album this time either, since the band is currently "taking a break."
"There will be future stuff with Queens, we're just taking a break since we had a long, long two years of touring," Shuman tells Gigwise. "We'll take a break to do other stuff."
Initially, QOTSA wanted to jump right back into the studio following the release of Clockwork, but they decided against it.
"We were eager because we were in a good spot, having fun and the record had done really well," Shuman says. "But we decided to take a break because we had been going so hard for so long, and we really worked on that record for a long time."
Shuman stresses that this break isn't a result of animosity between band members or anything of that nature.
"It's not like we're sick of each other and don't want to do it," he says. "It's just better to step back for a second and come back once the world has had a little bit of a break from you."
The break shouldn't last too long, however, as the band is scheduled to play Rock in Rio in Brazil this September.
Meanwhile, Shuman is currently working with his band Mini Mansions, which just released the single "Vertigo" featuring Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner.
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