But Here We Are

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But Here We Are is in nearly equal measure the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of the band’s new life. The album tops the Billboard Top Alternative Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums charts, and debuts at number eight on the all-format Billboard 200 chart, moving 62,000 equivalent album units.

The first single, " Rescued", was released concurrently with the announcement of the album on April 19. The band cancelled everything planned for the rest of the year, largely going quiet and leaving their future uncertain. In December 2022, a statement was released confirming that Foo Fighters would continue, but that they were "going to be a different band going forward". Produced by longtime collaborator Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, 11th album ‘But Here We Are’ is described as “the first chapter of the band’s new life” and “a brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything [the band] endured over the last year” as “a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family”.

Numerous critics and publications listed But Here We Are in their year-end ranking of the best albums of 2023. At the time of the album's announcement, a replacement for Hawkins had still not been publicly disclosed.

you're hurting your eyes trying to see something that is barely there, it's quite appropriate for something dealing with loss.A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, 'But Here We Are' is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. Frontman Dave Grohl performed and recorded the entirety of the album's drum tracks in Hawkins' absence.

Amazing songwriting from Dave Grohl and the guys play so well together even with the new drummer that it is seamless, raw, open, emotional, and seamless. But Here We Are debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with 44,500 chart units sold after an intense chart battle with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album Council Skies, giving Foo Fighters their sixth UK number 1 album. All tracks are written by Foo Fighters ( Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear) But Here We Are track listing No. Produced by Greg Kurstin and the band itself, it is their first studio album since the death of their longtime drummer, Taylor Hawkins, in March 2022.Rumors of a new album arose in February 2023, when radio DJ Chris Moyles on the UK's Radio X casually mentioned a new album to be released in March. But Here We Are' is in nearly equal measure the 11th Foo Fighters album and the first chapter of the band's new life. But Here We Are is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 2, 2023. A brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters have endured recently, But Here We Are is a testament to the healing powers of music, friendship and family. praised the album's emotional content, noting that "It's a miracle not only that it was made, but also that it boasts the mesmeric lyrical and musical qualities it does.