Foo Fighters will release their twelfth studio album, Your Favorite Toy, on April 24 via Roswell/RCA Records, the band announced Tuesday. The release follows the 2023 album, But Here We Are, and is accompanied by the debut of its title track.
The album was co-produced by Foo Fighters and Oliver Roman, with engineering by Roman and mixing by Mark “Spike” Stent. According to a statement from frontman Dave Grohl, “‘Your Favorite Toy’ really was the key that unlocked the tone and energetic direction of the new album. We stumbled upon it after experimenting with different sounds and dynamics for over a year, and the day it took shape I knew that we had to follow its lead. It was the fuse to the powder keg of songs we wound up recording for this record. It feels new.”
Your Favorite Toy marks the first album featuring drummer Ilan Rubin, who joined the band following the departure of Josh Freese. The album was recorded at the band’s home studios.
The tracklist for Your Favorite Toy is as follows:
- Caught in the Echo
- Of All People
- Window
- Your Favorite Toy
- If You Only Knew
- Spit Shine
- Unconditional
- Child Actor
- Amen, Caveman
- Asking for a Friend
The announcement of the new album comes after the band shared “Asking for a Friend” last October, alongside a series of stadium tour dates. Foo Fighters are currently scheduled to embark on a “Take Cover World Tour” beginning June 10 at Unity Arena in Oslo, Norway, with festival appearances planned in the United States, including Welcome to Rockville in Florida, Bottlerock in California, and Bourbon & Beyond in Kentucky. The band similarly plans to return to Australia and New Zealand for additional shows beginning in November and continuing through January 2027.
Roswell Records, the label founded by Dave Grohl in 1995, originally served as a holding company under Capitol Records to retain rights to Grohl’s post-Nirvana music. In 1999, both Foo Fighters and Roswell Records moved to RCA Records. The label also formed a film subsidiary, Roswell Films, in 2012, which co-produced Grohl’s directorial debut, Sound City.
