HOLY SH*T DEFTONES FTMFW

Let there be no doubt that the Deftones guys have tons of interesting shit to discuss in interviews around their sixth (seventh, technically?) album, Diamond Eyes. I wonder how repetitive it will feel to them, continuously explaining what was like to record without Chi Cheng, their severely injured bass player whom everybody misses. And I bet more than a few journos will wonder why the release date of Diamond Eyes was pushed up from May 18 to May 4, as it was announced last week. Me, I gotta know if they, too, sing the album’s title to each other like the verses in “Smooth Operator.” Like for example, “Hey guys, let’s get back to work on the mastering of our new record Dia-mond Eyyyyyyy-yyyyyyes.“

I bet a zillion dollars they do, those unrepentant Sade fans. But anyway, I admit that it may be a frivolous lead question. Originally, I planned to start with “Hey guys, let’s begin with a two-parter regarding the album that was completed before the accident: 1. When’s Eros coming out? and 2. Give me a copy of Eros now, please.” The way I saw it (until this weekend), goddamnit, Eros is a Deftones record, and, as such,  I want it. I was getting outright indignant, which is demented ’cause Eros or not, there’s a fucking Deftones record coming out soon. So, like, be happy, idiot!

So I snapped out of it. And sure enough, at the earliest opportunity I dimmed the lights, slapped on my headphones, got allllll baked, and cranked the shit out of Diamond Eyes, the album that is actually coming out (on May 4 DBAA). That was a few days and a few dozen listens ago, and now all I have to say on the subject is, “Eros huh? What’s Eros? What were we talking about?”

It’s all about Dia-mond Eyyyyyyyes.

-ADF