Teachers single and video are very cool. Have not been this excited about foo music in a long time.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Thursday, 1 June 2023 02:04 (one year ago) link
hoo yeah this album rules. one of my favorites of the year
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 June 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
guitar tones are perfect throughout, almost thought this was produced by vig (it’s self-produced with assistance from greg kurstin, somehow it sounds bigger and deeper and more like siamese dream than their actual recorded-to-tape vig album)
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 June 2023 19:10 (one year ago) link
"beyond me" is like if a power ballad by heart were also a shoegaze song
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 June 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
and the title track reminds me of mastodon
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 June 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
fuck i think i love this album i might cry
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 June 2023 03:17 (eleven months ago) link
it’s the best
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 3 June 2023 03:45 (eleven months ago) link
IT IS!also i did in fact cry … damn, “rest” really got to me
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 June 2023 03:49 (eleven months ago) link
i love the insane build from verse to chorus in Nothing At All — totally sounds like “Breed” for a momenti also selfishly like having Dave on drums for this album for comfort/nostalgic reasons. but sad that he had to Under You is the one that really gets me, love the hook for that so much
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 June 2023 07:09 (eleven months ago) link
Under You is about both and all and blah blah blah, but ... i mean ... it's about Kurt, right? if we're honest, it's about Kurt.
― alpine static, Monday, 5 June 2023 19:03 (eleven months ago) link
Genius annotations and every article about the song says it's about Hawkins and maybe it is.
But to me, it's about Kurt.
― alpine static, Monday, 5 June 2023 20:44 (eleven months ago) link
the new one is pretty good but they still can't quite make a great album, it merely reaches the quality of their previous best work (the colour and the shape and wasting light) where there's some excellent material but also some that's just fine. a little disappointing because the singles had me hoping they might get there and they almost did. in some places it finally feels like the same band that made "everlong" which has always been weirdly singular in their catalogue. the dreamy guitar tones are lovely too and going full siamese dream on "rest" is a great move.
went back and checked out the singles for the last few albums and wow what the hell had they been doing? some absolutely dreadful stuff
― ufo, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 11:57 (eleven months ago) link
I'd have to agree, though to be fair, being a good singles band for a decade and a half is nothing to sneeze at. Greatest Hits is too thin to fit the bill (especially when it's diluted with a couple of unremarkable re-recordings and a couple of underwhelming new tracks), but a compilation that strings together their 18 or 20 best singles would be highly welcome.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:20 (eleven months ago) link
this album being so good triggered a foo fighters discog run. s/t through wasting light was better than i remembered. post-wasting light, worse. medicine at midnight is godawful
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:45 (eleven months ago) link
there is nothing left to lose is a flawless power pop record btw
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:50 (eleven months ago) link
"godawful" is harsh, pretty sure i'd like medicine more on second listen, it just did nothing i want a foo fighters record to do outside of "love dies young," which is the cruelly the last song
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 19:01 (eleven months ago) link
idk, I think "godawful" isn't far off for MatM, and I'm usually an apologist for these guys
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:36 (eleven months ago) link
the new one is basically what i'd want there is nothing left to lose to have been, a similar shiny guitar tone but the songs are stronger overall
post-wasting light grohl seemed to become obsessed with recording session gimmicks to keep him interested? & they got out of their comfort zone but completely forgot how to play to their strengths at all
― ufo, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:48 (eleven months ago) link
I still think it's their best.
― serving aunt (stevie), Thursday, 8 June 2023 09:31 (eleven months ago) link
A coworker just sent me pics from a recent music fest; he was standing with his bf watching Peaches perform, and noticed Grohl was standing right behind them. His bf got a few selfies w/Grohl... pretty cool!
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Thursday, 8 June 2023 22:33 (eleven months ago) link
revisiting the new one, god the best parts of this are like the best foos record ever. also really appreciate “the glass”’s resemblance to “in the meantime”
― ivy., Saturday, 25 November 2023 18:14 (six months ago) link