Rock legends, Foo Fighters, are back with their tenth studio album Medicine at Midnight, an album that had been subject to a delayed release thanks to a little thing known as COVID-19. Miss rona likes to ruin everything, doesn’t she?

Anyway…was it all worth the wait? Absolutely!

From the moment the album opens with ‘Making a Fire’, a classic-rock-sounding track you know you are in for a good time. While a lot of current releases have a similar theme of dread, anger and the general theme of fuck everything type of a attitude (not a bad thing by the way!), Foo Fighters want to back away from all of that and offer escapism from the current climate of the world around us.

Legendary frontman, Dave Grohl, has been quoted with saying that Medicine at Midnight is heavily influenced by David Bowie’s 1983 album, Let’s Dance; “It’s filled with anthemic, huge, sing-along rock songs. It’s almost like a dance record – not like EDM, disco, modern dance record. It’s got groove, man.”

And he’s not lying, there are some brilliant sing-along rock songs that you can imagine having an incredible, energetic atmosphere at a live gig (when they finally return, RIP). This record is a perfect blend of upbeat rock songs, songs with dance/funk influence, as well as your usual gritty tracks about the darker parts of life. No matter who you are; young, old, or in between, you’ll adore this record.

There are some tracks on here that you can already picture becoming what ‘Monkey Wrench’, ‘The Pretender’ and ‘Learn To Fly’ are now. Top contenders are ‘Waiting on a War’, a bittersweet acoustic guitar track that is eventually joined by the full band, ‘Cloudspotter’ featuring Violet Grohl on backing vocals that compliment the low, growling vocals of the frontman, and closing track ‘Love Dies Young’ a brilliantly catchy rock anthem that uplifts you.

An upbeat album released in a dark point in time, just what we needed. Whether you’re a die-hard Foo Fighters fan, new to the band or a casual listener, you’ll find something you love about this album. A soon-to-be classic rock album in years to come.