Album Rating: 2.0

I've always found something to like even in their bad albums. Here, there is nothing.

Album Rating: 3.0

I find the extra percussion elements and little things like that to be intriguing. Certainly not anywhere near their best work. I've always had a soft spot for the foos.

Album Rating: 3.0

Holding Poison, Cloudspotter, and No Son Of Mine are my top 3

Album Rating: 3.5

This is growing on me. I know it doesn't have old school Foo riffs or whatever but who cares. The music is fun again, which isn't something that's been the case since 2011's Wasting Light. To go back that far, I was single and still a contributor. A breath of fresh air is long overdue and this at least partially delivers.

Album Rating: 3.5

> The music is fun again, which isn't something that's been the case since 2011's Wasting Light.



This right here. Making a Fire, Cloudspotter, No Son and Holding Poison are good stuff; fun and engaging to listen to. Love the main riff on Cloudspotter.



Shame is still a terrible, terrible abomination.

After a couple spins I'm thinking this is really really bland.

Album Rating: 2.5

Cloudspotter sounds like if Skid Row soundtracked a Ford commercial

Album Rating: 2.0

Cloudspotter is half decent imo, probably my 'favourite' if I had to choose.

Album Rating: 2.0

This is their worst album, easily.

Album Rating: 2.0

"Shame Shame" could have been a jam if it went somewhere, but alas it didn't

Sorry dudes - I think this is my third post here in 7 years and I'll quickly be ranting and raving.


I haven't listened to the new album - I'm just going to chime in and throw out my personal, misguided, arrogant position, and be an ass because I've been a fan since I brought 'For All the Cows' into my 5th Grade music class for 'free listening".

Nothing Left Too Lose is the king album, one skippable song. Their ode to The Police with Headwires is some of the most jubilant and loose sounding TIGHT songs in their catalog. Generator, explosive, dynamic, a killer drum track from Hawkins. A rather bland song to the uninitiated, Gimmie Stitches' hidden honkytonk groove sits cozily behind the singles and the records amazingly different back end - so many great tracks.

One By One has half its songs in my personal classic territory. I'm in the minority on Wasting Light. It's single-faced, full of tossed off songs, bland record with bland production - Recorded on tape, mixed and edited on computer, should not be promoted as their analog album. That bothered me as I opened the CD, held the piece of tape tucked away in the sleeve, and then heard a record that sounded nothing like recording analog - Maybe the biggest talking point by the band before it's release.

Concrete and Gold was my favorite record since In Your Honor, but it has been awhile since I've given it a spin. I feel most of the songs are second rate but it's a colorful record that's the refined, better, younger brother to Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.

Good review BTW.

Another un-related Super Bowl thought: is there a traditional, guitar-bass-drums rock band capable of headlining the Super Bowl halftime show in 2022? I think these guys might be the only one.

Something like "Pretender" -> "Learn to Fly" -> "My Hero" -> "Krist Novoselic and another guest(Billie Eilish?) comes out for a Kurt Cobain tribute" -> "Everlong" -> "Best of You" could work.

i am legitimately surprised Foo hasn't gotten a Super Bowl halftime show yet, considering their early albums are basically "classic rock" at this point

yikes that album art

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah the album art is pretty lame, I'm suspecting they know physical cd sales are down and therefore not worth investing much effort in it - they don't look to have put much effort in making a nice presentation there.

Musically this is an interesting album, background singers etc throwing in some unique points of difference to the other albums, then there are some real familiarities with Holding Poison having a sound akin to The colour and the shape, sounds like it could of been on that album almost. The chorus anyway!



I like the title track.



I think if you want to enjoy it and be a fan of this album theres enough on it to be able to achieve that, but equally if youre more in the mood to dismiss it, that can easily be done.



Ive decided im more on the former, but only just.

pre chorus in holding poison is pretty sweet tbh

Album Rating: 2.5

On a first listen I definitely prefer Sonic Highways to this, it was a lot more fun and had direction.... The first half of this album, specially, is just so forgettable

Album Rating: 3.0

I don't hate shame shame but definitely not one of the better cuts. holding poison, cloudspotter, and no sone of mine are really solid! love dies young is starting to grow on me.

All the money in the world and that's the album art which was selected

Album Rating: 2.5

A very strong 2.5 from me, teetering on a 3.0.



This is much more cohesive and focused than their last two records - the runtime is great!



"All the money in the world and that's the album art which was selected"



Hard agree lol