{"product_id":"queens-of-the-stone-age-perfecth-381541","title":"Queens of the Stone Age – Perfecth","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQueens of the Stone Age's \u003cem\u003ePerfecth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives as the band's ninth album, released 30 years after their beginnings and shaped around a pointedly broken title: Josh Homme's idea that \"perfect\" is too neat a word for real life. The record's nine songs focus on different forms of love - family, friendship, desire, heartbreak, and the people who undo you or put you back together - giving the album a clearer emotional frame than the title first suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat idea of damage and repair runs through the music as well. Several sources tie the album to kintsugi, the Japanese practice of mending broken pottery in a way that makes the cracks part of the finished object, and \u003cem\u003ePerfecth\u003c\/em\u003e plays with that tension between fracture and resolution. It was recorded between New Orleans, Los Angeles and related sessions sparked after the band's \u003cem\u003eCatacombs\u003c\/em\u003e project, with Queens deliberately throwing themselves into New Orleans just before Mardi Gras. Homme has said each song comes from its own world, and the tracklist backs that up: \u003cem\u003eInsignificant Other\u003c\/em\u003e is presented as the album's centerpiece, while \u003cem\u003eMono\u003c\/em\u003e shifts from mono to stereo to mirror emotional claustrophobia opening into something much wider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor longtime listeners, this is also a useful snapshot of where the current lineup has arrived. Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore are described as reaching a hard-won clarity here, keeping the band's mix of menace, surrealism and sleaze intact while pushing it toward something more tender and reflective. There is even a notable outside link in \u003cem\u003eSunday\u003c\/em\u003e, a co-write with Iggy Pop first heard on \u003cem\u003ePost Pop Depression\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEasy Street\u003c\/em\u003e reportedly features Nikki Lane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alternative-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePunk \u0026amp; Alternative\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003e1. Its Only Love\u003cbr\u003e2. Insignificant Other\u003cbr\u003e3. Where The Goth Girls At?\u003cbr\u003e4. Mono\u003cbr\u003e5. From The Cliff\u003cbr\u003e6. Sunday\u003cbr\u003e7. Easy Street\u003cbr\u003e8. Phantom Limb\u003cbr\u003e9. Run Away From The Mob\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44486817644609,"sku":"3030376","price":58.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/217810-queens-of-the-stone-age-perfecth.jpg?v=1787880697","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/queens-of-the-stone-age-perfecth-381541","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}