Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace

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ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE & GRACE, the Foo Fighters’ sixth effort, upholds the band’s allegiance to melody-heavy post-grunge power pop driven by roaring guitars and Dave Grohl’s fine songwriting. The Foos are aided by super-producer Gil Norton this time out (Norton also helped craft the group’s second, and arguably best, album, THE COLOR AND THE SHAPE). The result is a polished yet powerful outing that proves the Foos have earned their status as one of alternative rock’s most reliable acts.But while tunes like “The Pretender” pack a hard-rock wallop, the real surprises on ECHOES are the softer songs. The breezy, folky “Summer’s End,” for example, is a standout, as is Grohl’s solo acoustic performance on “Stranger Things Have Happened.” This isn’t to say the Foo Fighters have mellowed–the album contains as much amplified snarl as any of their others–but here the quieter moments rival the rockers, revealing a band whose intimate, earnest moments are as convincing as their head-banging ones.

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Pop
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