Description
Nothing is Sound is the fifth full-length studio album by the American alternative rock band Switchfoot, released on Columbia Records in September 2005. Also released on Sparrow. The album was produced by John Fields and the band. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge (tracks 1 to 3, 5, 7, 8, and 11) and Bob Clearmountain (tracks 4, 6, 9, 10, and 12). All tracks written by lead singer Jon Foreman, except tracks 1, 5, and 11 co-written with brother Tim Foreman.
Switchfoot is Jon Foreman on guitar and lead vocals; Jerome Fontamillas (formerly of Mortal, Jyradelix, and Fold Zandura fame) on keyboards, guitar, and background vocals; Andrew Shirley on guitar; Tim Foreman on bass and background vocals; and Chad Butler on drums and percussion.
It’s over two years since ‘The Beautiful Letdown’ was released and in the interim the band have played to a million people and sold three million copies of the album. No mean feat! It also means that this is one of the most eagerly anticipated new albums of the year. The guys manage to walk the line between artistry and ministry, rock and pop to create an album that is simultaneously immediate and yet manages to reveal depth with each new play. Jon Foreman’s lyrics still make your heart ache and prod at the vulnerable areas of human existence and our search for meaning and happiness. He still manages to point people towards the eternal without loading his lyrics full of cliché. In short, this is great work for those already converted by the previous release. If you hated the last album though like most of the mainstream British press, then it’s unlikely that this will grab you as the band take a similar approach. «Easier Than Love» is a punchy examination of the cheapening of sex in contemporary culture whilst «The Setting Sun» looks beyond the brokenness of contemporary life to somewhere bigger and better where healing can take place. I love the catchiness of songs like «We Are One Tonight» and «Stars» which are propelled along at a pace and display the way the band manage to balance melody with a rocky edge to fine effect. «Nothing Is Sound» is the spirit of “The Book Of Ecclesiastes” set to a rock’n’roll beat and fed to the MTV generation. Let’s hope it shakes up some souls! Topping ‘The Beautiful Letdown’ was always going to be a challenge and this superb set does the business! [Mike Rimmer, Cross Rhythms, October 2005]
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CD tracklist:
01. Lonely Nation
02. Stars
03. Happy Is A Yuppie Word
04. The Shadow Proves The Sunshine
05. Easier Than Love
06. The Blues
07. The Setting Sun
08. Politicians
09. Golden
10. The Fatal Wound
11. We Are One Tonight
12. Daisy
13. Good Night Punk
Note: Released on both CD and 12-inch vinyl LP by Columbia.
“Stars” (MUSIC VIDEO)
“We Are One Tonight” (MUSIC VIDEO)
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