Well i always enjoyed writing these and there are a lot of albums to write on since i have been slacking off with blogs as of late! so now that i have a bit more time i want to get back at it and bring you some of my opinions on 2009/2010 albums! Lets start with Switchfoot!
Switchfoot has been quickly climbing higher and higher and growing more mature in their lyrics and music. I will never forget getting to the main stage before Audio Adrenaline at Creation Fest hearing the band Switchfoot play their last song, wishing i had come an hour earlier to hear their full set! Once Audio A took the stage they said to the crowd that they had wished that they would have opened for Switchfoot and not the other way around...that was 7 years ago and Switchfoot has become even better since then.
Looking at the Christian music scene today it could be argued that Switchfoot would be in the top 3 most successful and sought after bands. Their last few albums have been absolutely amazing. "Nothing is sound" got them even more radio time, "Oh Gravity" showed that they could step outside of the Switchfoot box (one of my favorite Switchfoot albums) and now Hello Hurricane has caught the eye of music lovers both in the Christian and secular circles.
Hello Hurricane in my opinion is Switchfoot's best album. They have no doubt put forward some very impressive albums but none that have been this solid all around. every track is done to perfection and has become my new favorite switchfoot song. there is a whole new level that these guys have entered and they seem to be a new amd stronger band altogether!
one of the main reasons why i believe that Switchfoot gets progressively better is due to the fact that they have maintained the same group of musicians since they started. when you are able to maintain a group in a band for 14 years you will start to get better and better as a group. you can see this in a major way when they play live. i saw them a few months back when they played in Saskatoon and you can tell that they are loving being together on stage and they all work so well together, very similar to Toby Mac's band, you can just see them mesh together and work like a well oiled machine. the opposite of this was when i saw Relient K. over the years the entire band has changed save Matt Thiessen, they are still a solid band but when i saw them last summer with their new drummer it just did not work, i felt like he coulndt wait to get off the stage! this is where Switchfoot has a step up on the competition and even though Jon Foreman is the core of the band it just wouldnt be the same Switchfoot without the rest of the members!
Like i said earlier i was able to see these guys perform this album live and it was one of the most amazing shows i have ever seen (and i have seen a lot). They got on stage and played tracks 1 through 12 so i got to hear the entire album live and i hope to again. if you are a music lover and have yet to pick this one up you HAVE to get a hold of it! Stay tuned for more music reviews in the coming days! (maybe even another one today haha).
1. "Needle and Haystack Life" – 3:49*
2. "Mess of Me" – 3:27********
3. "Your Love Is a Song" – 4:22
4. "The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)" – 3:47*
5. "Enough to Let Me Go" – 3:52*
6. "Free" – 4:03*
7. "Hello Hurricane" – 4:04*
8. "Always" – 4:20
9. "Bullet Soul" – 3:24
10. "Yet" – 3:53
11. "Sing It Out" – 5:17*
12. "Red Eyes" – 4:50
*=favorite tracks
Switchfoot's Hello Hurricane-10/10
-bent ;)
1 comment:
Good review Bent! This album is really good, although at this point I still like "Oh Gravity" better. In time this could change.
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