New music releases for the perfect Father’s Day gift

Bull Moose stocks new bands for the perfect Father’s Day gift.

PORTLAND, Maine — Father’s Day is around the corner, and Foo Fighters and other favorite bands from the ’80s and ’90s are releasing new music.

Bull Moose’s Mick Werkhoven and Chris Brown joined us at 207 to discuss upcoming releases that would make perfect Father’s Day gifts.

Rancid – “Tomorrow Never Comes”

Rancid only grew a little bit. Compared to their classic 1990s albums, the band’s more recent albums are more confident, better produced, and only slightly less cynical. They haven’t changed much, and maybe that’s how it should be. A great present, especially if you want your dad to talk about his bad example.

Foo Fighters – “But Here We Are”

This is the first album for Foo Fighters since the sudden and tragic passing of drummer Taylor Hawkins, and nearly every song on the album is not just about specifically addressing that loss, but the grief itself. is also sung about Not all of the songs are downtempo ballads, but the album itself has the optimism and triumph of classic his 90s arena rock. The claim seems to be, “Bad things happen and they suck. But we’re here anyway, so we have something to say about it.”

Ben Folds – “The Most Important Thing”

For a sensitive, formerly cynic dad:

Ben Folds has always been a little more in touch with his emotions than others. Compare the line “She’s a brick and I’m slowly drowning” to the Limp Bizkit lyric. He perfectly recreated the mood of a certain teenager and young man in the 1990s. Now his sonic palette has expanded, his songs more complex, and he speaks like a middle-aged man. On the first song of Ben Folds Five’s first big album, he tells his bullies that one day he will grow up and be important. Now, fully grown, he sings “Christine in the 7th Grade” and makes three observations of him that would never have occurred to him in his songs in the 1990s. This is the perfect gift if you want your caring dad to be sorry for breaking up with you, especially your mom.

Black Sabbath – “Live Evil (40th Anniversary Remastered)”

For metal dads (but not too metal):

Now listen, there was a whole theme of millennials and Gen X dads getting older and more contemplative, but I’m throwing a monkey wrench into it because Dio-era Sabbath is relaunching again I had to. Dio’s work on Black Sabbath tends to be overshadowed by Ozzy’s, which is a real shame as the work was perfect back then. “Live Evil” is a fun collection as it also features Dio’s vocals on Ozzy tracks.