Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork will be out on June 4 via Matador Records, but first the band is unveiling what amounts to a serialized animated film. Today QOTSA revealed the video for the album’s churning “Keep Your Eyes Peeled,” which they previously performed live in Belgium. With zombie-like gore and a particularly memorable scene involving a loogie activating a jukebox, the clip picks up where the Boneface-imagined visuals for previous selections “Kalopsia” and “I Appear Missing” left off. This one begins with the text, “A man walks into a bar.” If there’s a punchline, it’s a dark one.
Last night, QOTSA performed on BBC’s Later… With Jools Holland, where the played …Like Clockwork‘s “My God Is the Sun” and “I Sat by the Ocean.”