QOTSA Tease New Album 'Perfecth' With Bloody Trailer — Release Date Uncertain
Queens Of The Stone Age (QOTSA) have announced the title of their new album, Perfecth, via a 90-second trailer called "Coming…soon?" — but the release date it teases may not be final. It would mark the band's first new album since 2023's In Times New Roman….
What the trailer shows
According to NME, the clip features frontman Josh Homme and guitarist/keyboardist Dean Fertita playing the "five-finger fillet" knife game. Homme stabs his own hand, and the scene descends into a bloodbath. A voiceover announces the album Perfecth is due September 30 — but that same date is crossed out at the end of the trailer.
Why the date is in question
In the video, when Fertita asks when the album is coming out, Homme replies, "September 30th, I think." But September 30 falls on a Wednesday, while albums conventionally drop on Fridays. Combined with the trailer's own question-mark title and the date being struck out at the close, the actual release date remains unconfirmed. The band and label have not yet announced an official release date, tracklist, or format details.
Lead single 'Easy Street'
Ahead of the album news, QOTSA released the single "Easy Street," backed by a similarly bloody music video. The psychedelic, uptempo track is the band's first new material since 2023. It was first played live during last autumn's "Catacombs" tour and has remained a setlist fixture, building momentum with fans since. In April and May this year, the band ran an orchestral version of the Catacombs tour.
Opening for Foo Fighters' 'Take Cover' tour
QOTSA are currently opening for Foo Fighters on their North American stadium tour, "Take Cover," which kicked off in Toronto on August 4 and runs through September — marking QOTSA's first return to North America since the orchestral Catacombs tour.
Earlier this month, Homme grew frustrated onstage over a venue's no-smoking policy and a possible $10,000 (roughly £7,410) backstage fine, complaining to the crowd about venue and corporate rules and criticizing parking fees and drink prices, remarks that made headlines.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl previously explained why he brought QOTSA on the road, citing their "lifelong bond." He recalled first seeing Kyuss perform at Seattle's Off Ramp in 1992 and meeting Homme there; Kyuss's album Blues for the Red Sun became the soundtrack of that summer, and 33 years later the two have shared many musical moments together.