Following our report on their 2027 tour with Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age have released Perfecth, their ninth studio album, today (30 October 2026) through Matador Records. The nine-track record follows 2023’s In Times New Roman… and arrives after a run of singles that have offered different sides of the band’s evolving sound.
For Josh Homme, the deliberately misspelled title is more than a joke. It reflects the uncomfortable gap between the idea of perfection and the reality of being human — a fitting theme for a record concerned with love, vulnerability and finding a way forward.
Love, loss and a different kind of heaviness
Recorded between New Orleans and Los Angeles, Perfecth moves through nine songs exploring relationships and the things that hold people together — or pull them apart. The band have described ‘Insignificant Other’ as a centrepiece, while ‘Mono’ plays with shifts in sonic perspective. Earlier singles ‘Easy Street’ and ‘Where the Goth Girls At?’ hinted at the album’s breadth.
Ahead of the album release, the band shared ‘Run Away From the Mob’, the album’s closing track. Homme has explained that the song takes the form of a final message from a father to his son, giving the release an especially personal dimension.
More than a return to form
Queens of the Stone Age have always been able to make unease sound irresistible. What makes this new chapter interesting is the suggestion that the swagger and groove are sharing space with something more exposed. For another take on modern desert-rock, see our Demob Happy album review. It is a record worth approaching on its own terms, rather than expecting another Songs for the Deaf.
Perfecth is available now. We’ll reserve a full album verdict until we’ve spent time with the complete record.
Sources: Queens of the Stone Age official album page; Radio X.
