Releases Album

Concrete And Gold

The drive, in pressing times, to find a place to feel free is expressed in every aspect of the ninth Foo Fighters album “Concrete and Gold”.

Keeping the recording under wraps and releasing the lead single ‘Run’ by surprise on June 1, 2017, the band relished the opportunity to colour outside the lines. Perhaps the most outlandish concept was the recording method – after being dropped in less conventional spaces for previous records they realized that the wildest thing they could do was simply walk into a state of the art studio and hit record!

Having enlisted producer Greg Kurstin to lend his sense of melody and arrangement to their sound, they experimented in their space at EastWest Studios with equipment that they didn’t typically use. Throw in some guest appearances and happy coincidences (Justin Timberlake, Paul McCartney, Dave Koz, and Shawn Stockman to name a few) and “Concrete and Gold” was firmly established as an idea with plenty of room to move. The record also celebrates Rami Jaffee becoming a full-time Foo Fighter.

This new process brought forth some of the grandest and most confident offerings in the band’s history: From the multidimensional title track, and the rallying ‘The Sky is a Neighborhood’, to the rhapsodic Hawkins-led ‘Sunday Rain’.

World events and the political climate were on their minds as they entered the studio in December 2016, but for Foo Fighters, the mood they wanted to set was hope. However disheartening the world may be, a Foo Fighters show is a place where thousands can connect and release. “Concrete and Gold” is an album that asks for unity, reminding us that “our roots are stronger than you know”.

“Concrete and Gold” was released on September 15, 2017, and was the second Foo Fighters album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. ‘Run’ was nominated for a Best Rock Performance Grammy award and won Best Rock Song.

Tracklist

Credits

Dave Grohl

Guitar, Vocals
Nate Mendel

Bass Guitar
Taylor Hawkins

Drums, Vocals

Backing vocals, lead vocals on 'Sunday Rain'
Chris Shiflett

Guitar
Pat Smear

Guitar
Rami Jaffee

Piano, Keyboards
Jessy Greene

Violin, Cello

Violin on 'Happy Ever After' and 'The Line', Cello on 'Concrete and Gold'
Justin Timberlake

Backing Vocals

On 'Make It Right' only
Shawn Stockman

Backing Vocals

On 'Concrete and Gold' only
Inara George

Backing Vocals

On 'Dirty Water' only
Alison Mosshart

Backing Vocals

On 'The Sky Is A Neighborhood' and 'La Dee Da' only
Dave Koz

Saxophone

On 'La Dee Da' only
Paul Mccartney

Drums

On 'Sunday Rain' only
Taylor Greenwood

Backing Vocals

On 'T-Shirt' only
Kinga Bacik

Cello

On 'The Sky Is A Neighborhood' only
Thomas Lea

Violin

On 'The Sky Is A Neighborhood' only
Ginny Luke

Violin

On 'The Sky Is A Neighborhood' only
Greg Kurstin

Piano, Synth, Vibraphone, Bass Synth