# En route from the underworld, Queens Of The Stone Age show darkness and restraint on Perfecth

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/en-route-from-the-underworld-queens-of-the-stone-age-show-darkness-and-restraint-on-perfecth/
- Published: 2026-10-29T00:05:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T03:08:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Louder
- Original article: https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/queens-of-the-stone-age-perfecth
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- *Perfecth* carries the eerie mood of the Paris Catacombs.
- The nine tracks favour restraint and unusual sounds over heavy rock.
- Folk highlights balance the album’s stranger experiments.

## Summary

Queens Of The Stone Age’s new album *Perfecth* draws on the eerie atmosphere of the Paris Catacombs, where the band recorded an acoustic live set and filmed *Alive In The Catacombs*. Rather than return to their familiar desert-rock force, they have made a restrained, shadowy record that explores strange, theatrical sounds.

The nine-track album moves between Balkan violin, soul, folk and psychedelic experiments, with Josh Homme’s lyrics often dwelling on dark or surreal images. The review singles out “From The Cliff” and “Easy Street” as especially inviting, while finding “Mono” and some of the more bizarre tracks less successful. Desert-rock intensity only surges back in the final minute of “Run Away From The Mob”.

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