Hot on the heels of ‘No Son of Mine,’ FOO FIGHTERS unleash another dose of
‘Medicine at Midnight‘ in the form of ‘Waiting on a War.’ The track is a sprawling melodic opus that gradually builds to a patented FF rave-up.
If ‘Waiting on a War‘ seems to have an especially emotional heft to it’s lyrics, well, that’s because it does. Dave Grohl recounts the personal anecdote that inspired the song:
“Last fall, as I was driving my daughter to school, she turned to me and asked, Daddy, is there going to be a war? My heart sank as I realized that she was now living under the same dark cloud that I had felt 40 years ago.”
“I wrote ‘Waiting on a War’ that day!”
“Everyday waiting for the sky to fall. Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this than just waiting on a war? Because I need more. We all do.”
“This song was written for my daughter, Harper, who deserves a future, just as every child does.”
‘Medicine at Midnight‘ (out 5th February Via Roswell Records/Columbia Records) is produced by Greg Kurstin and FOO FIGHTERS, engineered by Darrell Thorp and mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, and packs the following nine songs into a tight-ass 37 minutes:
Making a Fire
Shame Shame
Cloudspotter
Waiting on a War
Medicine at Midnight
No Son of Mine
Holding Poison
Chasing Birds
Love Dies Young
MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT
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