It is the band’s first new piece of material in three years
Queens of the Stone Age are back with a brand new song “Easy Street.” It is the band’s first new piece of material since their acclaimed 2023 album In Times New Roman. The official music video for the track, featuring Nikki Lane, can be streamed below.
“It’s kind of a funny song, frontman Josh Homme says. “It’s like hitting your funny bone, where it’’ funny because it hurts and it hurts because it’s funny. You’re serious, but it’s funny. We made it the way you’d make a demo. No click track, mistakes left in. It speeds up, it slows down, the claps aren’t great, but they’re not bad, and a bad clap adds this human thing you can’t fake. It’s not just about silliness. It’s about understanding the imperfection of your life. The song, like your life, is in the mistakes. Its imperfections are unbeatable.”
This summer, Queens of the Stone Age are embarking on a co-headlining tour with Foo Fighters in North America. The stadium run will make stops in Las Vegas, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Edmonton, Vancouver, and more. Very special guests for the trek will be Mannequin Pussy and Gouge Away on select dates.
Queens of the Stone Age’s latest album In Times New Roman arrived in 2023 via Matador. It was recorded and mixed at frontman Josh Homme’s own Pink Duck, with additional recording at Shangri-La. The album was produced by the band and mixed by Mark Rankin. It is available across all digital platforms, as well as vinyl and CD. Artwork and double LP gatefold packaging was designed by long time collaborator Boneface. The LP vinyl is available globally in standard black, as well as limited edition green, red, silver and blue.
The band recently released their landmark concert film, Alive In the Catacombs. It was recorded last summer deep in the Les Catacombes de Paris [Catacombs of Paris] in France in July of 2024, capturing the band as you’ve never seen or heard them before. This utterly unique once in a lifetime experience features a carefully selected setlist spanning the QOTSA catalog, each song chosen and epically reimagined for the Catacombs. The result is an unprecedented incarnation of QOTSA at their most intimate, yet surrounded by literally millions of human remains — “the biggest audience we’ve ever played for,” says Joshua Homme.
A very limited deluxe edition of Queens of the Stone Age: Alive in the Catacombs sold out in record time, so the band released a standard vinyl edition.