Music by Kathy McCabe
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Subscriber only Dave Grohl wakes up every morning with some jackass idea to get their made-for-stadiums record Medicine At Midnight in front of the millions of Foo Fighters fans throughout the world. There s been live-streams, music videos for the album s introductory singles Shame Shame and Waiting On A War, performances for television and President Joe Biden s Inauguration concert. Last week, just a couple of days before their 10th studio record was released - following last year s Foo Fighters 25th anniversary and six months before Nirvana s Nevermind turns 30 - talk in the rehearsal room turned to let s go to Australia and play some gigs.
Tomorrow, the new Foo Fighters album,
Medicine At Midnight, will be released. On one hand, you probably already know if this is of interest to you or not: The Foo Fighters aren’t exactly the most sonically or stylistically adventurous band on the planet, so if you’ve historically enjoyed their particular brand of pop-infused hard rock, there’s a decent chance you’ll be curious to give the new one a spin. On the other hand, this isn’t quite the same collection of songs you’d normally expect from the band. That divergence in sound makes itself known right out of the gate; after opening track “Making A Fire” introduces a stomping mid-tempo drum pattern, followed by a typically classic-rock-inspired riff, the shift comes abruptly a chorus of “Nah nah na-na-na-na nahh!” voices erupt over the song, leading the casual listener to wonder if maybe they’ve accidentally thrown on late-period Queen by accident.