What is the bottom line? The album is a step back without being old-fashioned even in any form. Dave Grohl's development was indeed always an open book. Very early he swam freely, "learned to fly", free of the past, the expectations for the post-Nirvana time. Later, in "Times Like These", he learned to live again and to love. And his latest lesson? "Learning to walk again", as he puts it at the end of the current album. To go back to learn, according to the heights and popularity in spurts 00ern, the stadium rock, the Grammy Awards, the drumming of Paul McCartney and the little side project with this older men of Led Zeppelin. And so the announcements are true, at least partially. Met expectations, however perfect. But in the individual and in peace:
BRIDGE IS BURNING. The opening track, which fits exactly to the Announcements and met all expectations in the first 60 seconds. Roaring guitar feedback, Drums like machine-gun fire, the cry of Dave, "These Are My Famous Last Words" and the wonderful chorus that as a redemptive eruption is.
ROPE, the first single, probably already known class Chorus, wacky Queen harmonies.
DEAR ROSEMARY. One of three very catchy songs, with great pop appeal. So of course, pop in the alternative sense. Who the song at the beginning is to catchy - I was a little scary reminiscent of the two new songs from the best-of - please definitely wait for the second song part, when the backing vocals and guitars of Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould always more to the fore occur.
WHITE LIMO goes in the same direction as BRIDGE IS BURNING, another testosterone-charged riff bomb and clear nod to the metal fraction among fans. Dave is shooting through the distortion. Who wants to hear the disc in the car, please better or just drive the cruise control purely on the hard shoulder. The song will now leave a trembling slightly, with established Häärchen on the arms.
Arlandia. Similar to Back and Forth with a gruesome Kettensägenriff (in a good way :-) and proven soft-loud-quiet dynamics. Magnificent chorus.
These Days is a consistent power ballad, are to breathe the air. Very reminiscent of the estimated 'Everlong'. Class refrain. I see smooching people at festivals. However, respect for the lyrics, here textet no teen or tween, but a forty plus.
BACK AND FORTH is almost unbelievable catchy and with the change in the dynamics between loud and soft, a clear reference to the Nirvana sound cosmos.
A MATTER OF TIME. Fast, loud, impulsive music for driving, with a melody that is similar to 'This is a call'. Classic rock Foo College.
MISS THE MISERY. A dry, slowly, metalischer Stampfer, who belongs to the stadium. The older among Foo fans will think of AC / DC (must).
I Should Have Known is another, very calm beginning, then hochschraubende ballad, very forcefully.
WALK is the classic ejector, in no other song this consistently good album acts Grohl committed, above the typical groove of semi College skirt and semi-heavy metal, he describes us in addition to the above quote also what is its purpose: "to keep alive One Moment in Time ".
Sounds simple, and will succeed with this album as well.
Although the announcement of the hardest album can not find 100% (Who had believed it also seriously? ;-) And classic pop rock numbers and power ballads are included, is, Wasting Light` a real treat, located in front of all the class distinguishes songs and the very dry production. Killer are many included Filler I could not discover at least.
