NEW FOO
I just finished listening to the new Foo Fighter’s record, Wasting Light, in it’s entirety from first track to last. A low quality version of the record was just recently leaked. Dave and his crew, however, decided to embrace this and have “leaked” their own album themselves… available to stream at high quality at wastinglight.foofighters.com
After having his kit setup in Grohl’s garage, Taylor Hawkins (drummer) and the band decided that it sounded really, really good. Dave and his sick ambitious self decided that the new record was to be recorded in the garage, capturing the sweet ambience of the garagey drums (being compared to a John Bohnam sound) and were out to prove that they didn’t need their multi-million dollar Studio 606 to make a sweet rock record (although admitting that it doesn’t hurt to have one!) Using an all analog signal chain, NO computers touched any of these songs during tracking or mixing, everything was tracked to analog tape and cut manually. Purer than pure.
I am in complete awe after listening to these new Foo jams on a pair of quality studio headphones. I can’t even tell if it’s the absolute incredible clarity and pureness of the analog recording, or the fact that these new Foo songs rock much harder than any Foo album before (even harder than the hardest songs on In Your Honor, which I think of as the hardest Foo’s record). These songs are amazing, I didn’t think of any one song as a filler at all. Dave’s guitar tone is unbelievable.. Taylor’s drums are raw sweetness. If you are a rock n’ roller, listen now. I’m going out to get an analog console and tape machine for myself… peace!
FOO IS BACK!! Can’t wait to see these new songs from Wasting Light live in concert.
And PS - if you’re are going to listen to Wasting Light, give the Foo’s a little respect… don’t listen through your computer’s speakers or little earbuds… get some quality studio headphones and really hear what incredible skill and technique has gone into this amazing analog record! You won’t regret it, I promise!
