April 24, 2026 • 5 mins
Foo Fighters have dropped their twelfth album.
‘Your Favorite Toy’ is a return to their punk-rock roots. It’s high energy and fast and is the band’s shortest album – beating ‘Medicine at Midnight’ by nine seconds.
Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
That is the Food Fighters. That song is your favorite toy.
The new album is your favorite toy. Chris Shultz has
been listening and is with us this morning morning.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Are you fired up now?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I am.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I mean it does sound like old school Food Fighters,
It really does. And you know, I mean, like so
many I have grown up as a Food Fighters fan
from way back, So yeah, I'm excited about this.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
It is definitely back to their roots. You can hear
it in that song Orcus and full On and he's
sneering those lyrics out. It's almost like a seventies punk song.
It's got that kind of old school spirit to it.
It throws back to Dave Grohl's roots in the punk
band Scream I think, and even early Nirvana. It's got
that just kind of metallic edge to it. And I
(01:25):
actually struggle to find a song or two from this
album that we could play on a Saturday morning for
because it is so full on. It's one of the
loudest albums they've done. If you like the Color and
the Shape, their second and biggest album, or if you
like Wasting light, their kind of same energy throwback twenty
eleven album. This does the job. It's it's the food
(01:46):
Fighters that they're rockiest and rarest But you also can't
listen to this album without taking in the circumstances around it. Yes,
so we get into that. I mean, look, this is
he made an album two years ago after the death
of his mum and then also his drummer, Taylor Hawk,
(02:06):
that was full of grief and it was still a
Food Fighters album, but it felt quite mournful. And so
this comes after another controversy he had. He's married with
three children, and then he had a baby not to
get too TMZ on it with another woman and they're
working that out somehow.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
And he was always sort of seen as you know,
like not I don't say a good guy.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It was like a kind of family man in a way,
right Like it was it was known that he had
he had a family in the.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Nicest guy and rock and look of and if you'd
him a bunch of times I've hung out with him backstage,
I can attest he is a lot of fun and
he will look after you, he will pour drinks for you,
he will check in with everyone in the room. He's
he's kind of like that. So his reputation was tarnished
by this. And I think this is the kind of
album a rock star makes when they're trying to come
(02:59):
back and fire up their fan base and fill stadiums
again and get back out on the road. And it's
probably best case scenario of this album. I think if
you're a Food Fighters a fan, and the infidelity stuff
doesn't concern you, then this is going to sound great
when they play these stadiums in January, and when they're here,
it's just gonna sound good, loud, and with your fist
(03:22):
in the air and a beer in one hand. It's
that kind of album. I'm not mad at it, but
you know, I am a little mad at him, you know,
I do have I do. It has affected me and
my wife especially, she has always come to Food Fighter shows.
She doesn't want to go to next year's show. Interesting, Really,
what's happened?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Okay, well yeah, okay, yeah, Well well so I mean
he's he's fifty seven, right, So this was one thing
I wondered when when I saw this was being released,
I thought, oh, is that I don't want to suggest
that at fifty seven he's not full of energy. But
you know, I wondered how hard and energetic he was
going to go into this, And I guess by the
nature of the album and the plans for their tour
(04:01):
that that sort of answers the question.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
He's made some pretty workmen like Food Fighters are he's done.
This is the twelfth album. So he's done concept albums
where he's gone and recorded in like ten famous music
studios and made a song in each. That album called
Sonic Highways, a mad An HBO documentary. He's done kind
of almost Bruce Springsteeny things with his career. The thing
(04:24):
fans want is this hard rocking food fure and so, yeah,
this is that album. You're right, he's fifty seven. I
think you know. I saw their last tour here in
twenty three, and he didn't have the runway out the
front of the stage. He was banging back and forth
(04:45):
like he used to. He was showing signs of age.
He did break his leg quite badly. I remember he
was performing on a chair for a while and then
on a cast he fell off the stage.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, yeah, it was a thing.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, yeah, I don't think you're going to see that
kind of death Roll anymore in terms of like fronting
a big band in a stadium. I think he's absolutely
up that challenge. I've seen some very old people play
shows a kaggy pop Yeah yeah, yeah, Nick Cave, they
can still go, these guys. It gives me hope. Jack
(05:17):
in his eighties, right, seventy eight, I believe, yeah, right, okay, yeah,
still taking a shirt off.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Roll doesn't have to do that.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
No, no, no, no, no, okay, So what do you give it?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
I'm going to give it four stars. I had to
move past yesterday. It was a perfect soundtrack for that.
It's it got me moving and groove.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
On, so fantastic. All right, I'm looking forward to listen
to the album. In to end, We're going to play
you another song in a couple of minutes. But four
out of five for your favorite toy, the Foo Fighters
new album, of course. You can hear more from Chris
on his substack boiler room.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news talks it'd be from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
That is the Food Fighters. That song is your favorite toy.
The new album is your favorite toy. Chris Shultz has
been listening and is with us this morning morning.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Are you fired up now?
Speaker 1 (00:51):
I am.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
I mean it does sound like old school Food Fighters,
It really does. And you know, I mean, like so
many I have grown up as a Food Fighters fan
from way back, So yeah, I'm excited about this.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
It is definitely back to their roots. You can hear
it in that song Orcus and full On and he's
sneering those lyrics out. It's almost like a seventies punk song.
It's got that kind of old school spirit to it.
It throws back to Dave Grohl's roots in the punk
band Scream I think, and even early Nirvana. It's got
that just kind of metallic edge to it. And I
(01:25):
actually struggle to find a song or two from this
album that we could play on a Saturday morning for
because it is so full on. It's one of the
loudest albums they've done. If you like the Color and
the Shape, their second and biggest album, or if you
like Wasting light, their kind of same energy throwback twenty
eleven album. This does the job. It's it's the food
(01:46):
Fighters that they're rockiest and rarest But you also can't
listen to this album without taking in the circumstances around it. Yes,
so we get into that. I mean, look, this is
he made an album two years ago after the death
of his mum and then also his drummer, Taylor Hawk,
(02:06):
that was full of grief and it was still a
Food Fighters album, but it felt quite mournful. And so
this comes after another controversy he had. He's married with
three children, and then he had a baby not to
get too TMZ on it with another woman and they're
working that out somehow.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
And he was always sort of seen as you know,
like not I don't say a good guy.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It was like a kind of family man in a way,
right Like it was it was known that he had
he had a family in the.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Nicest guy and rock and look of and if you'd
him a bunch of times I've hung out with him backstage,
I can attest he is a lot of fun and
he will look after you, he will pour drinks for you,
he will check in with everyone in the room. He's
he's kind of like that. So his reputation was tarnished
by this. And I think this is the kind of
album a rock star makes when they're trying to come
(02:59):
back and fire up their fan base and fill stadiums
again and get back out on the road. And it's
probably best case scenario of this album. I think if
you're a Food Fighters a fan, and the infidelity stuff
doesn't concern you, then this is going to sound great
when they play these stadiums in January, and when they're here,
it's just gonna sound good, loud, and with your fist
(03:22):
in the air and a beer in one hand. It's
that kind of album. I'm not mad at it, but
you know, I am a little mad at him, you know,
I do have I do. It has affected me and
my wife especially, she has always come to Food Fighter shows.
She doesn't want to go to next year's show. Interesting, Really,
what's happened?
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Okay, well yeah, okay, yeah, Well well so I mean
he's he's fifty seven, right, So this was one thing
I wondered when when I saw this was being released,
I thought, oh, is that I don't want to suggest
that at fifty seven he's not full of energy. But
you know, I wondered how hard and energetic he was
going to go into this, And I guess by the
nature of the album and the plans for their tour
(04:01):
that that sort of answers the question.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
He's made some pretty workmen like Food Fighters are he's done.
This is the twelfth album. So he's done concept albums
where he's gone and recorded in like ten famous music
studios and made a song in each. That album called
Sonic Highways, a mad An HBO documentary. He's done kind
of almost Bruce Springsteeny things with his career. The thing
(04:24):
fans want is this hard rocking food fure and so, yeah,
this is that album. You're right, he's fifty seven. I
think you know. I saw their last tour here in
twenty three, and he didn't have the runway out the
front of the stage. He was banging back and forth
(04:45):
like he used to. He was showing signs of age.
He did break his leg quite badly. I remember he
was performing on a chair for a while and then
on a cast he fell off the stage.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, yeah, it was a thing.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, yeah, I don't think you're going to see that
kind of death Roll anymore in terms of like fronting
a big band in a stadium. I think he's absolutely
up that challenge. I've seen some very old people play
shows a kaggy pop Yeah yeah, yeah, Nick Cave, they
can still go, these guys. It gives me hope. Jack
(05:17):
in his eighties, right, seventy eight, I believe, yeah, right, okay, yeah,
still taking a shirt off.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
Roll doesn't have to do that.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
No, no, no, no, no, okay, So what do you give it?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
I'm going to give it four stars. I had to
move past yesterday. It was a perfect soundtrack for that.
It's it got me moving and groove.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
On, so fantastic. All right, I'm looking forward to listen
to the album. In to end, We're going to play
you another song in a couple of minutes. But four
out of five for your favorite toy, the Foo Fighters
new album, of course. You can hear more from Chris
on his substack boiler room.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news talks it'd be from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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