The Pretender

This song was released on August 21 2007, as the first single on their sixth album Echos, Silence Patient and Grace.
The song is played in the key of A minor.
The songs dynamic structure is loud-quiet-loud, a characteristic resembling Nirvana which Dave Grohl used to be part of.
The tempo is quick, complemented by its “stomping” beat. All this is spearheaded by Taylor Hawkins’ drumwork, with a consistent, unstoppable pressure which forms the foundation of Grohl’s ireful vocals and the two guitars.