“Run Away From the Mob” is the fourth insight into Queens of the Stone Age’s forthcoming album, Perfecth. The closing track on the nine-song record, this is the culmination of a project forged from fearlessness and composed of equal parts reflection and ferocity. “Run Away From the Mob” finds Homme’s divine falsetto combine with swaggering instrumentation, originally recorded in 2013 with close-collaborator Dave Grohl on drums, “Runaway From The Mob” came into its full potential this year. “The reason these songs didn’t get finished until now is because I wasn’t qualified to finish them, yet,” Homme admits.
Speaking about the song, Homme said, “It’s a letter. A last one, addressed to an oldest son – ‘if you’re reading this, everything went wrong, and here’s what you have to do’. The end is the sound of a father standing behind his son.”
‘Run Away From the Mob’ follows previously released Perfecth songs, “Where the Goth Girls At?”, described by CLASH as “a bruising bass-led feast of rock debauchery”, “Insignificant Other”, tipped as, “Queens channel the Stones as Josh Homme reaches for his most sinister falsetto croon on this deliciously callous kiss-off” by Uncut Magazine, and “Easy Street,” praised as “psychedelic” by the NME and “decidedly surreal” by DIY Magazine, ahead of the album’s Oct. 30 release via Matador Records.
