Queens of the Stone Age Road-Ready Tonight Show Performance

Ethan Wright 10/22/2026

For Queens of the Stone Age, the number nine feels perfectly calibrated. Next Friday, October 30th, the band is set to release Perfecth, their ninth studio album, available through Matador Records. This new collection of music doesn’t just mark a milestone; it captures a profound sense of experience, reflecting the complex tapestry of human connection and imperfection.

The album features nine tracks, including songs like “Easy Street,” which entered the band’s lives earlier this year, and “Where The Goth Girls At?,” a track that delivered a powerful performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon recently. The music, bathed in a cool, blue light, projects a sound that is both lean and mean.

The creation of Perfecth was a deeply personal journey. Frontman Josh Homme explained that the reason these songs took so long to complete is because he felt he wasn’t qualified to finish them yet. The record serves as an evocative map of various forms of love—those bonds that both break us beyond mere survival and those that pull us back together, encompassing both the significant and the insignificant affections we hold.

This album follows their 2023 release, In Times New Roman. The creative process occurred during a challenging time for the band, as Homme navigated significant health dilemmas. During this period, QOTSA put a temporary pause on touring, opting out of eight festival shows on their End Is Nero tour and seven European gigs scheduled for August to focus on recovery. Homme has openly shared his journey, revealing that he underwent emergency surgery for cancer following a diagnosis in 2022.

Despite the health challenges, the five-piece—Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita, and Jon Theodore—is now back on the road. They are preparing for a renewed run of performances, including a concert in Iceland on Saturday, October 24th, followed by a benefit show on November 16th at L.A.’s The Wiltern, and a tour across Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Homme’s perspective on the album’s title offers a wry, honest glimpse into the group’s ethos: “The title of the new album is funny when you’re in a group, but it ain’t so funny when you’re alone and you realize how imperfect everything is. It’s the struggle.”