“Concrete and Gold” Review

Abigale Smith, A&E Writer

Concrete and Gold, released on Sept. 15, is the newest album created by the popular American rock band, Foo Fighters. The album’s success is supported by several unique factors.

The most obvious of these factors is the Nirvana influenced sound brought to several of the bands releases by founder, Dave Grohl.

This leads the way for the dramatic changes in tone throughout the release, as well as within specific songs such as T-Shirt and Sunday Rain. The change in Sunday Rain is brought up when the drop off originally occurs at the beginning of the previous song, Happy Ever After (Zero Hour).

Many of these tone changes are heavily driven by drummer Taylor Hawkins. His work is most obvious in songs such as Make It Right and Arrows.

Contrasting with the prominent drumming, there are periods of silence in the music, in which all that can be heard is a short narration. In songs such as Run, La Dee Da, or Concrete and Gold, this narration sets the tone for the song to tell a story.

The story is also told through music videos in the songs Run and The Sky Is a Neighborhood. This being said, while watching the music video for Run, the viewer should anticipate some explicit content, like…

As awareness is spread about the album, success seems to only grow. As the release continues to top the charts in various countries around the world, it appears the band has released yet another album to add to the legend behind founder, Dave Grohl.