Kusukela impumelelo ye-albhamu ye-Wasting Light ye Foo Fighters ngesikhathi iba i-albhamu yokuqala yokuqala ngo-2011, umculi ophambili uDave Grohl uthi uthole amaphuzu kubalandeli bakhe ngokusebenza ohlangothini lokuhlola lweqembu, into ebukeka izobuyela emsindweni kaGrohl. eshicilelwe ekwindla (boreal) walo nyaka.
UGrohl umemezele kwabezindaba ezinsukwini zakamuva: “Ngesikhathi sisalulama empumelelweni ye-albhamu yokugcina ngabona ukuthi bese sinethuba lokuzixaka ngomculo wethu, okungukuthi, uma sifuna ukwenza enye into engasile. le albhamu kuzoba iyona. Kulokhu, uma sifuna, singenza i-albhamu emnyama, yesitayela se-Radiohead futhi sishaye wonke umuntu.".
UGrohl kamuva wanezela: “Ngibe sengicabanga ukuthi, ‘Fuck it,’ esikhundleni sokubeka amakhorasi amakhulu anjengenkundla yebhola, ngoba yilokho esivame ukukwenza, kulokhu siwabeka phakathi nezigaba zezinsimbi Bazothatha umlaleli ngokumangala. Umsindo ngokwawo uwukuqhubekela phambili noma ukuziphendukela kwemvelo, lokho kuyiqiniso, kodwa nakanjani irekhodi elizwakalayo likaFoo Fighters. ".