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Foo Fighters to Release Sonic Highways On November 10

The Foo Fighters have announced on their social medias the name, artwork, and release date for their new album. Sonic Highways is set to release on November 10th. The band has also out a video on their website showing leading man, Dave Grohl getting a tattoo to celebrate their new album. You can also preorder their Sonic Highways on their website. They also have new merchandise featuring the figure eight on their cover album.

The album shares it’s namesake with the HBO show, Sonic Highways, which is set to release in October. The show is directed by Dave Grohl and it documents the band recording their album across the country. The artwork for Sonic Highways features multiple famous landmarks from those cities, including Seattle and New Orleans.

Foo Fighters Share First 8 Seconds of Album

The Foo Fighters have released the first 8 seconds of a song, the first hint towards their new album due out in November. Throughout the last few weeks, the Foo Fighters have been releasing a series of hints, revolving around the number eight.

Fans have also assembled an image that could be either the album cover or a promotional image for Sonic Highways. On their social medias, the Foo Fighters have been posting geographical coordinates pointing to cities they have recorded in for their new album. The images include landmarks in the cities including Chicago, Seattle, New York City, Washington D.C., Hollywood, Austin, Nashville, and New Orleans.

The album is due in November and is accompanied by an HBO mini series, Sonic Highways, which documents the recording process of the album.

Foo Fighters Have Finished Album Eight

Butch Vig, producer, announced on twitter that the untitled LP has been finished recording and mixing. Big tweeted: “We are officially done with the new Foo Fighters album. 23 straight days mixing! IT’S EPIC!!!” The album remains untitled and could be their longest yet. The album will hit shelves in November.

The release will come a month after the premiere of Grohl’s HBO series, entitled Sonic Highways, documenting the process of recording the LP. Sonic Highways follow the Foo Fighters as they travel to eight recording studios and work with Joe Walsh from the Eagles, Gary Clark Jr., and Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick.

The band already have shows in support of the LP, confirming dates in South Africa, the UK, and Las Vegas at the Life is Beautiful festival in the fall. They have also played surprise shows in Nashville, Washington D.C, and New Orleans.

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Coming Home – Kaiser Chiefs

2. Rasberry Beret – Prince and Revolution

3. Rango – Catfish and theBottlemenn

4. Your Protector – Fleet Foxes

5. Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers

6 Kateiswaar – Divided Heaven

7. Night On The Sun – Modest Mouse

8. Auto Pilot – Queens of the Stone Age

9. Fresh Strawberries – Franz Ferdinand

10. Break It Up – We Are Scientists

11. The Man Who Would Be King – The Libertines

12. Coliseum – Bloc Party

13. Summer’s End – Foo Fighters

14. The Good Life – Weezer

15. Seasons (Waiting On You) – Future Islands

16. Shuffle – Bombay Bicycle Club

Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist