Foo Fighters announce first album following death of Taylor Hawkins

sonymusic, The group’s record company, defined the new work, which will be released on June 2, as a “brutally honest and emotionally raw” response to the loss experienced by the members of the group during the last year.

“A testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. Brave, damaged and unwaveringly authentic ”, completes the company statement.

Minutes before, foo fighters He had broken the news on his social networks with a publication that also released the preview of the song “Rescued”, the first single from this project.

“It is the first of ten songs that run the emotional gamut from anger and sadness, to serenity and acceptance, as well as a look at points in between,” reads the Sony Music text.

Likewise, the rest of the evocative titles chosen by the band for the nine remaining songs on the album are already known: “Under You”, “Haring Voices”, “But Here We Are”, “The Glass”, “Nothing At All”, “Show Me How”, “Beyond Me”, “The Teacher” and “Rest”.

Produced by Greg Kurstin and the Foo Fighters themselves, “But Here We Are” marks the group’s eleventh album since their debut back in 1994 in the city of Seattle (USA).

The lifeless body of taylor hawkins (50 years old) was found inside a hotel room in Bogotá (Colombia) after having ingested marijuana, antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opiates, according to the subsequent autopsy.

The death of the drummer was communicated to his fans just an hour before the performance that the band had scheduled in the Colombian capital as part of the Picnic Stereo Festival.

Hawkins, an admirer of musicians such as Stewart Copeland of The Police or Roger Taylor of Queen, was one of the most iconic figures of Foo Fighters along with its founder and former Nirvana member, Dave Grohl.

WITH INFORMATION FROM EFE.