Foo Fighters Announce First Album Since Taylor Hawkins' Death: 'Brutally Honest and Emotionally Raw'
etonline.comFoo Fighters are healing through music. The rock band announced the forthcoming release of their first new music since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last year.
will be out on June 2 while a new single, "Rescued," is available now. «A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year, is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family,» states a press release announcing the news. «Courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic, opens with newly released lead single 'Rescued,' the first of 10 songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between.»A post shared by Foo Fighters (@foofighters)Foo Fighters' 11th full length is produced by Greg Kurstin and the band, delivering new levels of maturity and depth as a direct challenge to the «naiveté» of its 1995 debut.
At the time, frontman Dave Grohl's new endeavor was his first since mourning the death of his Nirvana bandmate, Kurt Cobain.
In a 2020 interview with Apple Music celebrating the 25th anniversary of Foo Fighters, Grohl said that writing their first major single, «This Is A Call,» helped him process the loss of Cobain. «It was like a renewal or a reawakening where I actually found joy in playing and writing,» he shared.
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