Foo Fighters New Album 2014: The Foo Fighters recently took to their Facebook page to, announcing to "keep an eye out here for some big news coming on Monday." While this 'teaser' could be open for fans speculation, it is anticipated that this is about the band's next studio album, which has been tweeted by producer Butch Vig on Wednesday (July 30) writing, "We are officially done with the new Foo Fighters album".
We are officially done with the new Foo Fighters album. 23 straight days mixing! IT'S EPIC!!!
— Butch Vig (@butchvig) July 30, 2014
Butch, who is a member of Garbage, has worked with Grohl on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' and also produced the Foo Fighters' previous LP, 2011's Wasting Light describes the forthcoming album to be "Epic".
Their 8th studio LP, coincidentally recorded in 8 different studios, in 8 different cities across the States will be accompanied by a mini series, Sonic Highways, set to broadcast on HBO, which will document the process of the as-yet-untitled album.
The cities included are Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles, Austin, Washington, D.C., New York, Seattle and New Orleans. Studios involved with the project include Rancho De Luna in Seattle; Steve Albini's Electrical Audio in Chicago, and Washington, D.C's Inner Ear Studios. Each episode will feature interviews from artists who recorded at the respective studios. Among them are Paul Stanley of Kiss, Ian Mackaye of Fugazi, Joe Walsh of The Eagles and Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick.
With Grohl at helm, Sonic Highways is set to debut in October 17, following his directorial debut in 2013's Sound City. The singer/guitarist describes the project as "a love letter to the history of American music."
Meanwhile, the band is set to return to the UK, at the closing concert for the Invictus Games in September along with other acts, to take place at the London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Included in the line-up are the Kaiser Chiefs, Ellie Goulding, Ryan Adams, James Blunt, The Vamps and Rizzle Kicks.
