Ukusukela kwimpumelelo ye-albhamu ye-Wasting Light ye abalwi befoo xa yaba licwecwe labo lokuqala ngo-2011, u-frontman uDave Grohl uthi uzuze amanqaku kubalandeli bakhe ngokusebenza kwicala lovavanyo lweqela, into ekhangeleka ngathi ibuyela kwisandi sikaGrohl. ipapashwe ekwindla (boreal) kulo nyaka.
UGrohl ubhengeze kumaphephandaba kwiintsuku zamva nje: “Sithe xa sichacha kwimpumelelo yecwecwe lokugqibela, ndiye ndabona ukuba sele sinalo ithuba lokuzixakekisa ngomculo wethu, oko kukuthi, ukuba sifuna ukwenza enye into ephambeneyo. elicwecwe lizakuba lelo. Ngeli xesha, ukuba siyafuna, sinokwenza icwecwe elimnyama, elinesitayile seRadiohead kwaye sivuthulule wonke umntu. ”.
UGrohl kamva wongeza: "Emva koko ndacinga ukuba, 'yiphosa,' endaweni yokubeka iikwayala ezinkulu zebala lebhola ekhatywayo, kuba yile nto sihlala siyenza, sizibeka ngeli xesha embindini wamacandelo ezixhobo zomculo. Baya kumthabatha umphulaphuli. Isandi ngokwaso yinkqubela phambili okanye indaleko, oko kuqinisekile, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo yirekhodi elivakalayo likaFoo Fighters. ".