Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
Over the course of their career, Foo Fighters has been known for bringing a classic rock twist to the post-grunge genre. They are also very celebrated in the world of music, having won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album over their past several consecutive albums. However, after their masterpiece of Wasting Light , released in 2011, I was wondering where they could go from there. Would they be more experimental or return to their roots? Sadly, the answer is neither. For the Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways is definitely a journey to nowhere. Sonically, it loses a lot of the depth that Wasting Light while not charting any new ground. It feels less intriguing, as if we've heard it all before. The guitar riffs tonally feel the same as before, which is definitely not a bad thing; however, they somehow are not nearly as enticing and demanding of our attention. Honestly, it feels as if Foo Fighters decided to move into a more conservative genre, as Wasting Light was viscera...