The Desert Sessions are a musical collective series, founded by Josh Homme.
Between 1997 and 2003, different incarnations of that group released 10 different albums. It’s 16 years later, and Homme has announced a new Desert Sessions Album. Vols. 11 & 12 is out October 25 via Matador.
Josh Homme produced Vols. 11 & 12, which the collective recorded in December 2018 . Contributors include Matt Berry, Carla Azar, Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa, Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Primus’ Les Claypool, and Matt Sweeney.
Previous contributors to the famous Desert Sessions series include members of Homme’s bands Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss, PJ Harvey, Dean Ween, Twiggy Ramirez, and others.
In 1997, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and a handful of friends
retreated to the desert of Joshua Tree, CA in order to isolate themselves from
the distractions and comforts of their everyday lives. What began as a casual
writing and recording session amongst friends has since become a project of
legend. Spanning twelve volumes over the course of two decades, Desert Sessions
has featured some of music’s most cherished icons stepping out of their comfort
zones and collaborating with one another to create some of the most exciting
music of their careers.
After nearly sixteen years since its last entry, the longest-running mix tape
in existence, Desert Sessions will return this October with two stunning new
volumes in its already storied catalog, Vols. 11 & 12, featuring collaborations
from Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Les Claypool (Primus), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint),
Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Mike Kerr (Royal Blood), Carla Azar (Autolux, Jack
White), Matt Sweeney (Chavez), David Catching (Co-founder of Rancho De La Luna
studio), comedian Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), Töôrnst Hülpft and
new comer Libby Grace.
