But Here We Are

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On May 21, Josh Freese was announced as the band's new drummer, and during the livestream they debuted the song "Nothing at All". The album is the third collaboration with producer Greg Kurstin, following Medicine at Midnight (2021) and Concrete and Gold (2017). But Here We Are' is in nearly equal measure the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of the band's new life. I'm old enough to remember when In utero by Nirvana was released so when Foo Fighters came on the scene, I remember a lot of people dismissing them. then "colour and the shape" came out, that album utterly blew me away and I saw them play live at manchester apollo that year.

A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. Numerous critics and publications listed But Here We Are in their year-end ranking of the best albums of 2023. But Here We Are is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 2, 2023. A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family.you're hurting your eyes trying to see something that is barely there, it's quite appropriate for something dealing with loss. Foo Fighters: But Here We Are review – grieving, route-one stadium rock - Foo Fighters - The Guardian". songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between. Grohl had not even started writing said material, as the band was still focusing on touring in support of Medicine at Midnight. It was later disclosed that Grohl performed the drums on the album, his first drumming credit on a Foo Fighters studio album since 2005.

Spin described it as "one of the strongest albums of the band's career" and concluded that "if you don't have a big, fat lump in your throat or head-to-toe goosebumps all over your body while listening to But Here We Are, you may not have a pulse. after that, their albums were a bit of a let down, they had good songs but they weren't great albums, something that I maintained up until "But Here We Are" came out, nothing will ever be as good as "the colour and the shape" but this album is definitely a close 2nd. But Here We Are debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with 44,500 chart units sold after an intense chart battle with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album Council Skies, giving Foo Fighters their sixth UK number 1 album. But Here We Are is in nearly equal measure the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of the band’s new life. We have a very limited number of lyric booklets used at the band’s private listening sessions to give away.

Produced by longtime collaborator Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, 11th album ‘But Here We Are’ is described as “the first chapter of the band’s new life” and “a brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything [the band] endured over the last year” as “a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family”. The album was later officially announced on April 19, 2023, alongside its official title, But Here We Are. All tracks are written by Foo Fighters ( Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear) But Here We Are track listing No. Produced by Greg Kurstin and the band itself, it is their first studio album since the death of their longtime drummer, Taylor Hawkins, in March 2022. Another song, "Show Me How", was released on May 25 and features Grohl harmonizing with his daughter Violet.

Words are hard to find to cover the loss of a friend a family member, a band mate, or anyone close to you in the way Taylor was to the band and this album covers every emotion along the way.

Courageous, damaged and unflinchingly authentic, the album opens with “Rescued,” the first of 10 songs that run the emotional gamut from rage and sorrow to serenity and acceptance, and myriad points in between. But Here We Are is in nearly equal measure the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of the band’s new life.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. We'll also enter into the draw anyone who shares the twitter, insta, tiktok or facebook posts below. In December 2022, a statement was released confirming that Foo Fighters would continue, but that they were "going to be a different band going forward".As early as mid-2021, Dave Grohl had already been planning for a follow up album to Medicine at Midnight (2021). Somehow Dave Grohl found a way to wrap words around the enormity of his grief as he surrendered to his own impossible circumstances. A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, 'But Here We Are' is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. The band cancelled everything planned for the rest of the year, largely going quiet and leaving their future uncertain. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.