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Sonically Solid, November 17, 2009
Switchfoot's Hello Hurricane, like most of their albums, takes multiple listens to truly enjoy. Up front, the music sounds good, but once you dive deeper into the lyrics and the melodies you realize how amazing and honest the album actually is. Whether it's edgy and aggressive, or soft and contemplative, all of the songs fit well with each other. There are subtle hints of spirituality in the lyrics, especially on Free and Always. This album offers a message of hope in difficult times. If I had any gripe about this record, it would be ending the album on a somewhat somber tone. Yet and Sing It Out are both beautifully executed ballads, and Red Eyes slightly picks up the tempo to close out the album, but I am ultimately left wanting some more songs with the same aggressiveness as Mess of Me or The Sound. Having wrote 80 songs, and recorded 40 of them, I don't think it would have been too much a problem to pick another rocker to fit in with this album. Either way, this is an overall...
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| Ever since Switchfoot announced late last year that they would be working on their seventh full-length album, the hype has been slowly building. More recently they've been featured on YouTube's homepage and even a Blackberry commercial. But the road to where they are today wasn't easy. With nearly a hundred songs to choose from for an album that would join a catalogue of a few highly impressive past albums, the pressure was on. That's just one of the hurricanes that hit them during the making of the album. But Switchfoot survived to tell the world that love is a fortress that can survive any hurricane, which is the theme of the newest effort from the band, aptly titled Hello Hurricane.Before I get started with this review, there's something that Jon Foreman--the lead vocalist of Switchfoot, also known for his solo project and work in Fiction Family--said about Hello Hurricane that I really agree with. This album is not one that you can listen to and enjoy and not know a... | 12 | ||
| Switchfoot's Hello Hurricane, like most of their albums, takes multiple listens to truly enjoy. Up front, the music sounds good, but once you dive deeper into the lyrics and the melodies you realize how amazing and honest the album actually is. Whether it's edgy and aggressive, or soft and contemplative, all of the songs fit well with each other. There are subtle hints of spirituality in the lyrics, especially on Free and Always. This album offers a message of hope in difficult times. If I had any gripe about this record, it would be ending the album on a somewhat somber tone. Yet and Sing It Out are both beautifully executed ballads, and Red Eyes slightly picks up the tempo to close out the album, but I am ultimately left wanting some more songs with the same aggressiveness as Mess of Me or The Sound. Having wrote 80 songs, and recorded 40 of them, I don't think it would have been too much a problem to pick another rocker to fit in with this album. Either way, this is an overall... | 10 | ||
| Hello Hurricane, Switchfoot's first studio album since 2006's Oh! Gravity, which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200, acknowledges life's storms while managing to find an element of hope in them. The band tracked more than 80 songs at its self-built home studio before narrowing it down to the 12 that appear on the new album. Hello Hurricane is the group's seventh full-length album and its first on Atlantic Records. Switchfoot is comprised of Jon Foreman (vocals/guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Chad Butler (drums), Jerome Fontamillas (keys/guitar) and Drew Shirley (guitar).The album grabbed my attention right from the opening notes of "Needle and Haystack Life", which will thrill long-time Switchfoot fans, and probably win them new fans with the U2-esque epic feel and extremely catchy music and lyrics. This is one of those albums that is meant to be experienced in the order it is arranged as lead single "Mess of Me" switches gears musically and brings a new grunge-type sound... | 8 | ||
