The Foo Fighters are at it again, this time dropping their ninth studio album entitled “Concrete and Gold” on September 15th, with the acclaimed producer of Adele and Sia, Greg Kurskin behind the controls.

This time, the Foos hit us with 11 songs of what singer/guitarist Dave Grohl said was “Motorhead’s version of Sgt. Pepper, or something like that”. It was described as a “massive sounding” album, a “gigantic rock record but with Greg Kurskin sense of melody and arrangement.” However, I feel that this couldn’t be farther from the truth. 

Three singles were released in the months leading up to the release, entitled “Run”, “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”, and “The Line”. As is the case with the entirety of the album, the singles all sound like there is definite potential in them that just wasn’t able to get fully exposed. It seems as if the entire band is holding back what has been able to put them on the map, despite just two years ago displaying it full force in the 5 song EP “Saint Cecilia”.

The title track of the record has a definite Pink Floyd style vibe to it, with very out there musical and vocal characteristics leading into a choir style effect that was meant to make it sound big. However, the song fell into the same problem as the rest of the album. It’s just too overproduced.

As tough as this is, I unfortunately have to give this a final rating of a 2/10. Perhaps with a different producer, the Foo Fighters could have crafted a better rock album as opposed to a failed attempt at a Pink Floyd/Imagine Dragons crossover.