Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

             After a fairly stressful day at work I decided to put the Foo Fighters' newest album 'Wasting Light' into my car's CD player, they're my favourite band and it's a great album so I hoped it would take my mind off of the day that I'd had so far. I honestly can't remember the last time music perked me up like that album did on my way home so I thought i'd post up a review of it here on my blog so any Foo-curious viewers can see what I think.

Foo Fighters: Wasting Light

Roswell; 2011   
                                                

The Foo Fighters’ seventh studio album sees the U.S. rockers returning to their roots by stepping up the noise and turning back the clocks. After the huge success of their previous album ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace’ led to the band playing two sell-out shows in Wembley Stadium, the Foo Fighters had seemingly conquered the rock world. Many long-term fans however, were starting to fear that the band may be starting to lose their hard edge. But from the second this latest effort starts to play any doubts and fears are simply blown away, this record is loud.

'Wasting Light' album art

The raw emotion and punk rock power which many thought had been missing in recent years is forced through your ears with the simple but aggressive opening to ‘Bridge Burning’, the album’s opening track. All Foo Fighters albums start with a mammoth song worthy of opening any of their famous stadium shows and ‘Wasting Light’ is no exception. The first track’s high tempo and frontman Dave Grohl’s powerful vocals are a clear response to any doubts surrounding the band’s direction, leaving you eager to hear the rest of the album.

The band’s clear intent to return to the roots of their musical success has culminated in this newest album being recorded in the now old-fashioned way, on a taped cassette. This meant that any imperfections couldn’t simply be edited out with digital software so the band would have to be on top form throughout the recording process in order for it to work. Luckily it seems to have paid off since the guitar riffs and drum fills sound tighter than ever and that combined with Grohl’s lyrical genius has resulted in some of the best songs the band has recorded in a long time. The catchy chorus and savage break down from ‘Rope’, the relentlessly heavy ‘White Limo’ and the lung bursting ‘Miss the Misery’ will more than satisfy all of the long-serving Foo Fighters faithful . The other standout songs from the new album are ‘Dear Rosemary’ and ‘I Should Have Known’, both tracks feature powerful emotional outbursts from Grohl and give the album a real touch of class.

Whether you’re one of the Foo Fighters’ biggest fans or just a general rock enthusiast, this album is a must-have and yet another gem to add to this band’s already amazing back catalogue.

Foo Fighters - Rope

If you want to know more about the band or hear them for yourself, go to foofighters.com