New Switchfoot album coming soon…
The new Switchfoot album is probably one of the most anticipated albums of the year. The wait is almost over. The new album is entitled Nothing is Sound and will be released on September 13.
It will be available as both a traditional CD and as a DualDisc featuring the entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound plus exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the band on-the road and in the studio.
“Stars”, the first single from the album, will hit radio in the next few days and is currently available on iTunes.
“This record was written in back alleys and hotel rooms far from home … It’s more eclectic, less settled, with more dissonance. We’ve tried to capture the emotional ride that happens on stage and put it into the studio. Playing that hard every night really stretches you, and all these diverse experiences have played a key role in shaping this record.” - Jon Foreman
The band’s previous release, The Beautiful Letdown, was certainly a breakthrough album for the band selling over 2.5 million copies. They toured almost non-stop for that record which resulted in a majority of this new album being written on the road…
“We wanted to release a record this summer, and we were trying to figure out when in the world we would have time to record it … So we took out a second set of gear, tiny drums and amps, and set up in the dressing room every day and got songs ready. While the opening bands were playing, we were in some tiny room trying to make a record.” - Jon Foreman
The writing and recording process did have its benefits, allowing the band to road-test the new songs on tour as Jon shares…
“A lot of times you know a song is good but not how it’s going to translate live. Something might be good in the studio, but you have to change a lot of things to make it work live. These songs were developed for the live show. I’ve heard that’s how bands used to do it back in the day.”
…“For me, the past few years have been an emotional and chaotic time–so many changes, so many strange memories, like a dream that unfolds in the waking hours … and all of these new songs have been a diary of this strange part of our journey, about the search for truth and beauty in uncertain times and places.
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“The world is at a very volatile stage, with the war and how fast things are changing, but deeper than that, the idea that there is an instability within myself and humanity as a whole–that’s where these songs are coming from.”
…“I almost feel like everything we’ve been through as a band up till now has been like a warm-up, as though we’ve been preparing this record for eight years. The Letdown put us through the fire on many levels, and we’ve come out the other side more united than we’ve ever been. There’s this urgency and immediacy in the camp, like this record might be the most important thing we’ve ever done together.”
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