Queens of the Stone Age reveal their new album Perfecth, out now. Right ahead of the release in full the band shared the closing track on the nine-song record ‘Run Away From the Mob’, this is the culmination of a project forged from fearlessness and composed of equal parts reflection and ferocity. ‘Run Away From the Mob’ finds Homme’s divine falsetto combine with swaggering instrumentation, originally recorded in 2013 with close-collaborator Dave Grohl on drums, ‘Run Away From the Mob’ came into its full potential this year. “The reason these songs didn’t get finished until now is because I wasn’t qualified to finish them, yet,” Homme admits.
Speaking about the song, Homme said, “It’s a letter. A last one, addressed to an oldest son – ‘if you’re reading this, everything went wrong, and here’s what you have to do’. The end is the sound of a father standing behind his son.”
‘Run Away From the Mob’ follows previously released Perfecth songs, ‘Where the Goth Girls At?‘, described by CLASH as “a bruising bass-led feast of rock debauchery“, ‘Insignificant Other‘, tipped as, “Queens channel the Stones as Josh Homme reaches for his most sinister falsetto croon on this deliciously callous kiss-off” by Uncut Magazine, and ‘Easy Street,’ praised as “psychedelic” by the NME and “decidedly surreal” by DIY Magazine.
Produced by Homme and band member Michael Shuman, Perfecth was made in the spirit of Kintsugi — the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by filling its cracks with gold, which holds that what has been shattered is made more beautiful, not less, by the act of repair. It’s an album that could only have been made right now thanks to band members taking significant evolutionary steps as a collective and arriving at hard-won clarity, its nine songs map different forms of love: of family, friends, and others both significant and insignificant. The loves that break you beyond survival and the loves that put you back together.
Birthed from sessions tracked everywhere from New Orleans to Los Angeles, the music is fearless and boundless, moody and menacing, gentle and strange. Here, Queens have moved a career’s worth of jagged pieces into alignment. “Every song sounds like it’s from a different world,” says Homme. “And that’s on purpose, because it’s trying to stitch together all these emotions revolving around love, lust, foolishness, and the sort of wisdom that comes as a gift from all that.”
This year Halloween becomes HalloQueen, as Queens of the Stone Age will be celebrating the release of their new album Perfecth, with HalloQueen retail events around the world on October 31st. Costumes are encouraged! Hear the new album, grab some exclusive goodies and purchase a newly announced, VERY limited-edition Perfecth picture disc while supplies last at participating HalloQueen retailers. Stores across Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Mornington, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney and Tweed Heads will be participating. See the full list HERE.
Queens of the Stone Age will support their soon-to-be-released album Perfecth on a 2026 and 2027 tour. Hitting Australian shores on 8th December, they will bring their unforgettable live set to local venues such as The Drive in Adelaide, Mystate Bank Arena in Hobart, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Afterpay Arena in Sydney, Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Brisbane Entrainment Centre and Spark Arena in Auckland – tour dates and ticket info below.
Newly announced North American dates will follow previously announced stops in Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and at Lollapalooza’s three Latin American editions. More headline shows in the new year will be announced in the coming weeks.
Stream / purchase Perfecth here.
With special guests Primus and Tropical Fuck Storm – Presented by Double J
Tue 8 Dec – The Drive, Adelaide
Fri 11 Dec – MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
Sun 13 Dec – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tue 15 Dec – Afterpay Arena, Sydney
Wed 16 Dec – Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle
Fri 18 Dec – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Sun 20 Dec – Spark Arena, Auckland
Tickets and further tour details at livenation.com.au
