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Medicine At Midnight - Foo Fighters: Review

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Foo Fighters are the long running alterative rock project famously formed by Dave Grohl a few years after Nirvana ended. The band have been consistently commercially successful with numerous recognizable hits across their career, but critical acclaim has largely avoided them in the third act of their career.  Review By Lav: While there are plenty of Foo Fighters tracks I enjoy, I wouldn't really consider myself a fan. Their cheeky brand of dad rock is certainly capable of spawning some decent radio hits but it often feels tepid in full length form. It's been a very long time since the band released an album I liked from start to finish and even when they try and up the ante on their energy like their previous album, it usually doesn't hit the mark. So my expectations for the record weren't particularly high and if not for one single I surprisingly enjoyed I might have skipped reviewing the record entirely. Unfortunately Medicine  is pretty much exactly what I expected i...