ThinkChristian.net
reviews the Foo Fighters'
new record
. It begins with this:
Foo Fighters, who may be the biggest rock band in the world, return to the scene with “Wasting Light,” their seventh album overall and first since 2007’s “Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace.” Amidst a languishing music scene all but devoid of thoughtful or hopeful mainstream rock offerings, “Wasting Light” stands out.
Dave Grohl and company turn all amps to 11, grab a generation by the collar, shake them up good and scream “You deserve better than what you’re settling for!” in their collective face. Though not always “positive” in the strictest sense of the word, Foo Fighters have two things few rock bands seem to possess these days: hope and humor.
The band wants to make sure everyone knows a few things about this record. First, it was recorded in Grohl’s garage. Second, it was recorded on exclusively analog equipment; no digital hard drives, auto-tuners or compressors to be found. Third, the record was produced by the band along with the legendary Butch Vig, producer of “Nevermind,” the game-changing classic from Grohl’s former band Nirvana. In other words, this project has nothing to do with the cheap, disposable and derivative digital rock being downloaded by millions or the overproduced, ego-driven, indiscriminately angry excess of the “active rock” generation. “Wasting Light” shares more sonic DNA with The Who than anything released in the last 20 years.
Not only do the songs on “Wasting Light” sound incredible (for a real primer on the vast superiority of analog to digital, buy the vinyl version), they feel incredible. Through soaring melodies, guttural screams (Grohl’s the best since Roger Daltry) and walls of muscular guitars, song after song manages to feel encouraging, humanizing and celebratory. Even songs with an “I’m not going to take it anymore” tone feel upbeat more than angry.
They are the best rock band in the world right now. No question.
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