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Album is called “interrobang”, which then led me
to put on the Bayside record of the same title which came out two years ago

 

I'm excited for this album. It sounds so different from everything else they've ever done. This song might be my favorite so far.

 

I'm probably one of the worst people to weigh in on this, I will rep for EVERY Switchfoot record in some shape or form, but I also really LOVED Native Tongue. I think it could have or should have been bigger. But then again, they are definitely a legacy band with a bit of a cult following these days.

I'm super stoked for this new one. Love the experimentation.

 

Native Tongue is like, my third favorite Switchfoot record just behind Oh! Gravity and Hello Hurricane. I've actually considered getting a tattoo based on Let it Happen. I'm the same way! I think the band gets a weird bad rep. Like, I've heard them compared to Nickleback before. But I think they make genuinely cool rock (and sometimes pop) songs, and Jon's lyrics are consistently really good. Much cooler band than people give them credit for. Hello Hurricane in particular I think can hold up against any rock record out there.

 

Irrelevant, but I disappeared from this site for a couple of years and I had no idea I created the Switchfoot thread. haha

 

Please point me in the direction of anyone that thinks they sound like Nickelback so that I can speak with them about their broken ears.

 

I don’t know if you were around when Chorus was AbsolutePunk, but I distinctly remember a couple people back then saying that and my mind kind of freezing at how stupid it was.

 

Reminds me a lot of his solo stuff. Cool new era with this album after Native Tongue.

 

Thats laughable. Jon's lyrics are phenomenal!

 

I know! I can't remember if I fought the people or not... but I think I did. Jon's lyrics on their own put the band in regular rotation for me. Even Switchfoot songs I think of as weaker musically I still enjoy because of Jon's writing. I, as an ex-Christian now atheist, really appreciate how Jon writes about religion too. It's never really preachy, more just used as allegory for hope and love.

 

Interrobang comes out tomorrow and I'm super excited. From the singles, I think this has a chance of being the best Switchfoot album.

 

I haven't liked anything this band has done since Vice Verses, but this album sounds like it might turn things around.

 

Yeah, I get not liking the past 3. I personally love Fading West for nostalgia reasons, and I think Native Tongue is my third favorite Switchfoot record (behind Oh! Gravity and Hello Hurricane), but Where the Light Shines through might be my least favorite Switchfoot record. Maybe edges out the first 3, but I feel like it'd probably be below them if I spent more time with those early records. I feel like they've been trying new things since they're late in their career and this new record is the first experiment that will stick with most people.

 

My sweet spot with them was the mid-to-late 2000s run (Letdown through Hurricane). Vice Verses was a bit of a step down, but still had enough killer highlights to keep me invested. I felt like Fading West was a big dip into more generic territory, and I don't know what the fuck happened on When the Light Shines Through, which I find mostly bad outside of "If the House Burns Down Tonight," which is a banger. Native Tongue was better, but I didn't go back to it much.

They were a pretty formative band for me, though, so I'd love them to win me back. I listened to Nothing Is Sound on a run last week and that album still rips.

 

Letdown through Hurricane is a killer alt-rock run. Vice Verses was the first album since Letdown that I wasn't crazy about. But it still has some killer songs (Thrive is also a top 5 Switchfoot song, imo). Fading West was definitely a bit more generic, I guess I'm a sucker for that stuff sometimes though. Where the Light Shines Through is the biggest misstep in their career though. You're right about If the House Burns Down Tonight though. I should listen through a few of their albums before tomorrow. Nothing is Sound definitely rips.

 

I'd argue that sweet run actually began with Learning to Breathe, that album is fantastic

 

Learning to Breathe is also quite good, if a little hit-or-miss for me.

 

I'm pretty much with Craig, although I've never really liked Vice Verses. I have really fond feelings for the first three albums, but I agree that their run of true greatness starts with Letdown. I was iffy on Hurricane for a while, but seeing those songs live (especially "Needle and Haystack Life") really won me over.

 

Intrigued to listen to this tomorrow, but like most others above this band totally has fallen off my radar with their past few releases. Hurricane and Vice Verses are the last ones that connect with me, Hurricane being far superior for me (I still go back to it regularly).

 

Albums 3-7 are choice. NiS rips hard and I go back to it TBL and O!G all the time. HH still listen to and VV not as much. FW was.. not my favorite along with NT.
I might be in the minority who enjoyed WTLST. I don’t go back to it a lot but I liked it a lot better than what came before and what came after.
Waiting for the livestream tonight to hear the album, besides the rest of the singles but from what I’ve heard it’s a return to some things people loved about their past albums

 

This is definitely their most interesting record since Hurricane. I'm already more interested in coming back to it than I ever was with the last couple.

 

Premature Evaluation and recency bias aside but this might be their best album start to finish indeed.

incredibly enjoyable at the very least. Was perfect for my afternoon drive on an overcast day.

 

Anyone catch the Friday livestream? I'm digging this new album like I haven't in a long time, the non-singles are my favorite parts. Production is on point imo

 

New single tomorrow!