Queens of the Stone Age have officially announced their new album, Perfecth, set to arrive on October 30th via Matador Records. Ahead of its release, the band has unveiled the new single “Insignificant Other.”
Perfecth is the follow-up to the follow-up to 2023’s In Times New Roman…, and QOTSA’s ninth album overall. The LP was teased last week in a bloody promo video starring frontman Josh Homme and guitarist-keyboardist Deam Fertita, although that clip had deceivingly mentioned a September 30th release date.
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As noted, QOTSA have unleashed the track “Insignificant Other,” which follows last month’s single “Easy Street.” Homme says of the new tune, “It’s a song about distance. About how someone can be your entire world only to simply vanish. And about the strange vertigo of being on the receiving end of that.”
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Regarding the album title, Homme explained, “Nothing in this world is perfect, but everything seems to be ‘perfecth.’ And that title is funny when you’re in a group, but it ain’t so funny when you’re alone.”
“Every song sounds like it’s from a different world,” Homme added of its nine tracks. “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.”
In addition to the album news and the single release, QOTSA have unveiled the new comedic “Big Chongus” promo clip starring the band members and their pets.
Perfecth, which was produced by Homme and his QOTSA bandmate Michael Shuman, is available for pre-order in multiple formats, including a limited deluxe edition featuring a gatefold LP package that includes handwritten lyrics, stationary, stamps housed inside a custom envelope, and “a bespoke piece of art temporarily placed in a custom pocket.”
Meanwhile, QOTSA will kick off the second leg of their North American tour supporting Foo Fighters on September 15th in Regina, Saskatchewan, with tickets to the upcoming shows available here.
Check out the lyric video for “Insignificant Other” and the “Big Chongus” promo video below, as well as the album artwork and tracklist.
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Perfecth Tracklist:
01. It’s Only Love
02. Insignificant Other
03. Where The Goth Girls At?
04. Mono
05. From The Cliff
06. Sunday
07. Easy Street
08. Phantom Limb
09. Run Away From The Mob