Oh boy, it’s finally happening! Queens of the Stone Age are back with their ninth album, “Perfecth”, and we can’t even handle it. I mean, who needs personal relationships or a social life when you have QOTSA’s new music to obsess over? 🎸 The album is set to drop on October 30 via Matador Records, and we’re already counting down the days.
The latest single, “Insignificant Other”, is out now, and it’s like the band knew exactly what we needed – a song that’s all about distance and vertigo, because, let’s be real, who hasn’t felt like they’re floating in an endless void of existential crisis? 🌌 According to frontman Joshua Homme, “It’s a song about distance… about how someone can be your entire world only to simply vanish.” Yeah, no kidding, Josh, we’ve all been there.
The Album Announcement and Our Collective Loss of Sanity
So, the album announcement came with a Chapman Baehler-directed video starring Big Chongus, because why not? It’s not like we have better things to do than watch a video about a cat finding its perfect home. I mean, who needs world peace when we have Big Chongus? 🐈 The video also features the goodest boys and girls, including Ruby Homme, Max Homme, Pumpkin Van Leeuwen, Isabella Puppolini (Izzy) Van Leeuwen, and Reesa Shuman, because QOTSA loves a good family affair.
The album was produced by Homme and band member Michael Shuman, because these guys know what they’re doing. “Perfecth” will be available on CD, standard black vinyl, and as a limited deluxe edition, because we all need a little luxury in our lives. The deluxe edition includes handwritten lyrics, stationary, “stamps” housed inside a custom envelope, and a bespoke piece of art, because why settle for just the music when you can have all the extra goodies?
Kintsugi and the Art of Repairing Broken Pottery (and Our Broken Hearts)
The spirit of the album is all about Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by filling its cracks with gold. Because, let’s face it, we’re all just broken pottery trying to find our way in this crazy world. 🌸 Homme says, “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.” Yeah, no kidding, Josh, we’ve all been there, too.
The album’s nine songs map different forms of love – of family, friends, and others, because love is a many-splendored thing, and QOTSA knows how to splendor it up. The music is fearless, boundless, moody, and menacing, because who needs a peaceful life when you can have QOTSA’s music to keep you on your toes? 🤯
So, what’s next? QOTSA will resume their North American stadium tour with Foo Fighters on September 15, because who needs a social life when you can see QOTSA live? 🎟️ They’ve also announced a fall headline run in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Singapore, because the world needs more QOTSA.
In conclusion, “Perfecth” is coming, and we’re all just a little too excited. Like, what’s the point of having a functioning liver when you can just drink away your feelings to QOTSA’s new album? 🍺 So, go ahead, pre-order the album, and let’s all just collectively lose our minds to the magic of Queens of the Stone Age. 🤯💥
Chord F. Discord, the Beethoven of Buffoonery, is a self-taught expert in music who once claimed he could “play the kazoo in four languages.”
Born in Crescendo, Indiana, Chord’s first brush with fame came when he accidentally entered a yodeling contest thinking it was a pie-eating competition—and won both categories.
Chord F. Discord: proving that laughter, much like a poorly tuned ukulele, is truly universal.
