The new Foos jams keep on rolling out, as the Nov. 10th release of Sonic Highways draws ever nearer, and the weekly installments of the same-name HBO documentary series continue. After Foo Fighters released their kickoff single “Something From Nothing,” featuring Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen that builds a steady rhythm to a full screaming rocker, we now move on to track 2, with the urgent bite of “The Feast and The Famine”.
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While the song is undoubtedly Foos (particularly that chorus), and rife with music-history reference and reverence much the same way “Something From Nothing” was, the track’s repetitious nature tests the patience of fans looking for wider songwriting dynamics. Those drums though… Taylor’s got this one locked down.
The Foos’ Sonic Highways album will be released on November 10, accompanied by an eight part documentary, both of which feature a barrage of famous faces from the music world. Musicians included on the recordings are Gary Clark Jr., Eagles’ Joe Walsh, and Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, with additional possible appearances from Carrie Underwood, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, and Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes. A HBO mini-series documenting the recording process, called “Sonic Highways” as well, will accompany the release of the new album as frontman Dave Grohl gets on his directing hat for a second feature after last year’s hugely successful Sound City.
The band is also playing a larger cultural event at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on August 29, 2015. The day-long music marathon will celebrate the musical history of the Windy City and feature performances by local legends Cheap Trick, Urge Overkill and Naked Raygun.
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Having last dropped new material in 2011 with Wasting Light, Foo Fighters have “reinvented” their recording process, seeking out unique locations across the US. The show will document those travels.
Tracklist:
- Something From Nothing
- The Feast and The Famine
- Congregation
- What Did I Do?/God As My Witness
- Outside
- In The Clear
- Subterranean
- I Am A River
Learn more and preorder at the official Foo Fighters site.
