Five tracks of urgent, hotel-recorded rock. It balances the band's signature stadium-sized hooks with a raw, unpolished grit born from a spontaneous session.
It's the Foos stripping away the stadium polish for a raw, hotel-room session that hits harder than their last three albums.
A spontaneous burst of high-energy rock tempered by a reflective, late-night intimacy.
Released as a free gift to fans in November 2015, the Saint Cecilia EP was recorded at the Hotel Saint Cecilia in Austin, Texas, during the Austin City Limits festival. The project was intended as a celebration of life and music, though its release became a poignant tribute following the Paris terror attacks that occurred shortly before its debut. Sonically, the EP serves as a return to form, eschewing the documentary-style sprawl of 'Sonic Highways' for a more concentrated, five-track blast of alternative rock. The recording setup was famously makeshift, utilizing the hotel's rooms to create a unique, non-studio acoustic environment. This resulted in a production style that feels more 'live' and less compressed than their standard studio fare. The tracklist highlights the band's versatility, from the classic Foo anthemic title track to the hardcore-influenced 'Savior Breath' and the 20-year-old vault track 'The Neverending Sigh,' which finally found its home here.
Put this on for
Windows down on the last leg of a solo cross-country driveHeadphones on in a crowded airport terminal while the world blurs byVolume cranked in a messy garage while fixing something that's probably brokenLate night hotel room pacing when the city lights are too bright to sleepPre-show ritual in a cramped dressing room with cheap beerMorning coffee on a rainy porch before the house wakes upBackyard fire pit embers glowing while the conversation turns honest
Moments worth waiting for
The explosive transition from the melodic verse into the soaring, anthemic chorus of the title track.
The relentless, thrash-adjacent drum fill that kicks off the high-speed punk energy of Savior Breath.
The unexpected, gentle piano melody that grounds the mid-tempo melancholy of Iron Rooster.
Sounds like
2015s production with a 2010s soul
Sits beside
Wasting Light - Foo Fighters, Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age, Yield - Pearl Jam, The Color and the Shape - Foo Fighters
Lyrical territory
nostalgia, self_examination, friendship
03Deviation
Saint Cecilia EP · vs · Foo Fighters
Artist
This Album
High Energy
Energy · ↓ −16% less than usual
On this album, high energy sits about 16% less prominent than across the rest of the artist's catalogue.
