Foo Fighters announce their first album without Taylor Hawkins

American rock band Foo Fighters announced Wednesday the release of “But Here We Are,” the group’s first album since the sudden death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last March.

Sony Music, the group’s record company, described the new work, which will be released on June 2, as a “brutally honest and emotionally raw” response to the loss the group’s members have experienced over the past year.

“Proof of healing powers music, musicthe friendship and family. Brave, damaged and unflinchingly authentic,” the company’s statement concludes.

A few minutes before, foo fighters He announced the news on his social networks with a post in which the progress of the topic is also spread “Saved”the first single from this project.

“It’s the first of ten songs which cover the entire emotional spectrum of Anger and sadnessto serenity and acceptance, as well as a look at intermediate points”, reads the text of Sony Music.

Likewise, the other evocative titles the band chose for the nine remaining songs album: “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 1994 debut on The city ​​of seattle (NOW.).

A lifeless body Taylor Hawkins (50 years old) was found in a hotel room in Bogota (Colombia) after taking marijuana, antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opiatesaccording to the subsequent autopsy.

The drummer’s death was announced to his fans barely an hour before performance which the band programmed in the capital of Colombia as part of Picnic Stereo Festival.

Hawkins, a fan of musicians such as Stewart Copeland of The Police or Roger Taylor of Queen, was one of the most famous figures of the Foo Fighters along with their founder and former member of Nirvana, Dave Grohl.