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Queens Of The Stone Age have revealed three minutes of new track 'I Appear Missing', along with an animated video. Watch it below.
The animation, which is slightly manga-ish, comes courtesy of British artist Boneface who is also responsible for the artwork on new album ...Like Clockwork.
The visual accompaniment matches the spooky, eerie atmosphere of the song, with a bandaged and bloodied man waking up in a desert. The figure is then transported, as if by puppetry, to a gothic city where he falls through a red sky and past run-down buildings to his death.
The track is the second glimpse of new music fans have been given from ...Like Clockwork, with single 'My God Is The Sun' having been premiered in the UK by Zane Lowe.
Watch the animated clip and hear the snippet of ' I Appear Missing' below
...Like Clockwork is the band's first full length album since 2007's Era Vulgaris, and is described by Josh Homme as "an audio documentary of a manic year."
The new album features a number of big name guest appearances, including Elton John and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears, as well as returning QOTSA collaborators Dave Grohl and Mark Lanegan.
Homme has spoken especially highly of his experience working with Elton John, saying the piano legend helped the band rediscover their love for music after he called the frontman out of the blue after hearing Them Crooked Vultures.
...Like Clockwork will be the band's first release through new label partners Matador and is due out on June 3.
This weekend the group launched a new website, www.likeclockwork.tv, which gave fans the chance to receive a creepy voicemail, from the band.
Next week the band will be in the UK to appear on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland.
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