Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
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Free Music Review: Good News From the Foos
Hit: 5 Stars
In the mid-90's, I saw the Foo Fighters on the "Color and Shape" tour. At the time, I was particularly discouraged by the state of live music. I genuinely felt that the time for drums and guitars had ended, and that I should "gird my loins" for the next wave of musical expression, as previously exemplified by early `90s bands such as EMF and Jesus Jones.
Attending this show singlehandedly reinvigorated my belief in rock and roll. Eloquently enough, nearly a decade later I still find the Foos engaging. The Foo Fighters are a band that has inexplicably stood the test of time in the same way that U2 and Peter Gabriel did in the early 90s. While their reinvention may not be as obvious as their predecessors, it still situates them as one of the great and longlasting bands in the increasingly fickle musical landscape of today.
The beauty in the new Foo album lies in the way in which it navigates dynamics, songwriting, and energy. Even in its mellower moments, the "Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace" brims with a subdued tension that is only relieved by explosive energy. The way in which Grohl and his cohorts navigate the dichotomy between soothing lullaby and devastating intensity within song form (in the micro) and the overall album (in the macro) expresses a compositional maturity that belies the "rock" format within which they are categorized
For the careful listener, "Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace" is driven by subtle melodic polyphony. We're not talking counterpoint here, but the interplay between bass and lead vocal on "Erase/Replace" and rhythm guitar and vocal on "The Pretender" exhibit a certain compositional depth. To get much more complex would question the Foo's status as "rock" music.
And undeniably, The Foo Fighters' new album is, to its core, rock music. Who would have thought that, out of the ashes of the band that defined the `90s, a band that defines "rock" music through the strength of their vision would continue to be both relevant and eloquent? Perhaps the one criticism that can be leveled is their use of repetition and dynamic build-up for climax. Several songs on the album use this technique. However, there are also songs that are just loud, and others that are just, well, less loud (read: guitars are not distorted). Overall, it creates a relatively diverse acoustic environment.
The lowdown: Here's where melody, songwriting, and raw energy meet. I have had this album in my car for almost a month now, and I'm to the point of feeling guilty about removing it. I seem to enjoy it every time.
Free Music Review: The Long Road of the Foo Fighters
Hit: 5 Stars
'Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace' has become one of the favorites in my CD collection since I got it! From the album's hard-rocking beginning through to its softer end, the Foo Fighters take you on a journey of their musical past. You'll hear their familiar brand of post-grunge rock but sounding a bit more mature; sometimes a little hard, while other times you'll feel the influence of Classic Rock's past. There are some slower songs, some electric, one solo-acoustic (you'll swear it was an outtake from 'Skin and Bones'), and two at the end with Dave Grohl on the piano that sound like you just turned on the Adult-Contempory station. While the mix of styles sounds a little disjointed at times, the album flows from hard and loud at first to slow and relaxed by the end. With the variety of the songs, I can listen the whole way through the album and never get bored. While a younger version of myself would get turned-off at the softer moments (especially the songs at the end), the Foo Fighers have grown, and so have I, to appreciate all of the different styles that have influenced their sound over the years.Free Music Review: FF is BACK!
Hit: 4 Stars
I've been a loyal fan of FF for some years now. This cd is pretty darn good, especially compared to their last one! It kind of peters off at the end, but has some good solid rock tunes.
Free Music Review: foo at their best
Hit: 5 Stars
the evolution of the foo fighters--from post-grunge rock to a refined sense of being--they never fail to deliver.Free Music Review: Every song is Great
Hit: 5 Stars
This album reminds of when the Beatles put out an album: Every single song is Great! I love these guys and think they have surpassed their previous work, as well as other bands in this genre, in lyrics, melodies, instrumentation and production on this album.