Switchfoot: Live From The Eye Of The Hurricane
On a brand new label and with what might be the best album of their career under their belts, Switchfoot have returned in a very big way.
Now preparing for the release of Hello Hurricane, the seventh full-length Switchfoot album due out Nov. 10th, the band will launch its tour Nov. 8th in San Diego, make a stopover at the Jimmy Kimmel Show on Nov. 12th, then cross the country in the month to come.
The band-- Jon Foreman (vocals/guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Chad Butler (drums), Jerome Fontamillas (keys/guitar) and Drew Shirley (guitar)--is truly going all-out with Hello Hurricane: Those who pre-order from the band's website can purchase a multitude of configurations, from regular to deluxe: a standard CD, a deluxe CD/DVD set, vinyl with CD, digital edition, and a "collector's edition" featuring the CD, DVD, an additional CD of outtakes, poster and hardcover book.
In hand with the release of the new album, the band is launching a new website--theworldyouwant.com--with a stated goal of spotlighting "goodness, beauty and truth in everyday life." What's that all about? According to an explanatory note on the band's own website: "In Switchfoot, we're continually looking for ways to point the spotlight on the incredible people that we look up to, the folks that are making this world a better place. TheWorldYouWant is a place to highlight these visionaries and get involved--a user run site where all of us can dream up the change we want to see and take action."
As for Hello Hurricane and the songs within: Check out these live performances of four songs from the album--"Mess Of Me," "Bullet Soul," "The Sound" and "Hello Hurricane"--to get a taste of what's to come. Any way you look at it, these guys are getting better by the minute.
Keep on doing what you were meant to do Switchfoot!