Dave Grohl and co are rock gods. Its been well known for a while now as Grohl’s main project ‘Foo Fighters’ continue to deliver with there brand of alt rock/post-grunge that has sold out stadiums. The tenacity of their success can be linked to their fondness for songs that transpire effortlessly on the stadium-rock scene. This album proves no different, but is that a bad thing? My opinion = No, it’s a great thing.
The album hits the ground running. Grohl’s lungs working as hard as the guitars as he screams through the heavy intro. The first track is called ‘Bridge Burning’. (The significance of this being the first track could be due to Pat Smear’s re-involvement in all things Foo…? Just a guess) A solid first track sets the mood and leads into the first single to come off the album, ‘Rope’. A great choice for a first single (there is a lot to choose from), as the song hits as hard as any of the heavier tracks on the album, thus reminding the core fans what they are still all about.
The production is fantastic, as you would expect. The album was recorded fully on analogue recorder, in a garage, which owes more kudos to how good the record sounds. Grohl sings about death, re-invention, sex, time and loss. The writing is well suited to the heaviness of the album. You can almost picture Grohl in front of eighty thousand people screaming every word from start to finish.
It would be unusual for someone to buy this album without having listened to at least one other Foo album before in his or her life. Therefore, Grohl’s delivery will be unmistakeable.
Although it is heavy, it has great production, it has powerful writing and it is Foo Fighters, a part of me knows they’ve done the greatest hits and I’ve been listening to them for years and it feels like it has a, a little bit of, like a bit of a….no don’t say it…a rewind, a safety that will guarantee a headline act at most of the festivals and a stadium tour.
But is that a bad thing?? NO…its definitely not….
After all they recorded it in a garage for gods sake. That’s rock and roll.
Stand out tracks are ‘Arlandria’ or ‘These Days’. Which peculiarly are two of the most melodic and stadium-in-mind tracks. As I say, this is a GOOD thing and is what Dave Grohl would have wanted.
7/10
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