I have the utmost respect for QOTSA frontman Josh Homme, and think the man is one of the frontmen of bringing back the fun and darker goofiness to rock music. So to hear about his drumming and minor input to this new band EODM was exciting to hear about. However, it seems his input is not as present as I would like. Which is understandable, for i'm biased in liking QOTSA a whole bunch. Frontman Jesse Hughes is the main arm in this group, this being his first guitar stint in any group at all. And don't get me wrong, I was all on board for "Death By Sexy," the album featuring "I Want You So Hard (The Boys Bad News)." It seems though there was a charm to that album that is somewhat dulled in this effort.

Heart On starts out promising, hitting you with "Anything Cept the Truth" and "Wanna Be in LA," the most popular track it seems off of the album. The sound is the same, it's still got a dancy feeling to it, but you don't sweat to jump up as fast. Wanna Be in LA feels like it needed to be pushed 2 steps farther to be as dancy as its albums predecessor. We continue into track three with a messy, disjunked riff and Jesse beginning with "I Used to couldn't dance so good." I mean, i get it, the rock swagger, the mocking the metal bands, I guess the improper sentence structure I can jump on. This track I enjoy its drumming more than its guitar work. We do hear Josh finally back up Jesse on the verse, but once again, the track feels just 2 steps shy of a real jumper. Admittingly, at 2:13, the track finally reaches an interesting point, as it softens up in a chant like jam.

"High Voltage" is a high point for me, soundling like this sexy thumper should have been on "Death By Sexy." They're whole attitude is just this simple, fun, dancy, sexy music. I fear to say 'half serious,' because I know both are pretty serious musicians. And this track achieves the free rock attitude that I push to hear throughout the entire album. "Secret Plans" follows, and when the guitar comes in, you almost think that "Wanna Be in LA" just got a re-recorded treatment. "Now i'm a Fool" is the first cool-off point, an interesting track that holds my attention in and out. I become most intrigued by the soft guitar solo and oo's and ah's at 2:09.

The title track is a song that I at first, become bored with, but can't help think to myself that it would be totally baller to hear live. It trudges on, and here the record begins to wear me out, just a little. Cheap Thrills sounds like a song i've heard already on the album, but slown down. However, the vocals enter and we here experimentation that we havn't heard before in EODM. Echoes, layered voices, I latched on that throughout the song. "How Can a Man with So Many Friends Feel So Alone" I can't get into. It at first sounds like a song that I would favor, with the descending line, we pass through "Solo Flights" and "Prissy Prancin," and end on "I'm Your Torpedo," which funnily enough, was used in a condom commercial.

There's nothing so outrageously bad about this record. There are many moments that make you wanna dance, and there are even a few moments that I paint up to be really awesome transitions. But most of the songs, in my mind, feel like they just wanna be the single. There wasn't too much adventure coming out of this record, and maybe that was their goal. While songs from this record will stick to my playlist for months to come, I would recommend "Death By Sexy" over this effort ANY day.

....However, I will admit that the cover is THAT baller.