TRACK BY TRACK FOO FIGHTERS
But Here We Are ★★★★
RESCUED
ALL the best Foo Fighters songs could be played quiet or loud, and this one does both. Packed with guttural layered vocals, riffs galore, and enough quiet reflective strumming moments too – it’s a classic opener.
UNDER YOU
PUNKIER side of Foo’s influences, but Dave’s melodic FM-radio vocals elevate it to anthem status. Clearly an important song of recovery particularly as Dave hollers: “Think I’m getting over it, I guess I’m not getting over it.”
HEAR VOICES
MORE reflective tune with darker indie undertones and Dave’s haunting “no one cries like you” hook will be sung back at stadiums for years to come.
BUT HERE WE ARE
“ARM in arm we are forever,” sings Dave in a more abstract soundtrack for dealing with loss. Dave’s voice is in full gravel-metal mode as he flits between anger and acceptance.
Great syncopated drumming and guitar work.
THE GLASS
MORE of a classic
West coast semi-acoustic rock ballad and seemingly a direct tribute to Taylor: “I had a person I loved and just like that I was left to live without him.”
NOTHING AT ALL
THE album’s most “pop” moment is also a nod to Dave’s 60s influences, but the chorus where he screams “everything or nothing at all” is pure Nirvana-era grunge.
SHOW ME HOW
ANOTHER one with a 90s feel, the textured instrumentation is almost Smashing Pumpkins. Dave is in more pensive mood here, as are his chiming guitars, while the beautiful female voice is his daughter Violet.
BEYOND ME
THE Beatles-ish piano intro screams Dave’s McCartney moment. It eventually morphs into a bit of an Oasis rocker with Dave crooning: “You must release what you love dear, or so I fear.”