Switchfoot - Vice Verses [NEW Album 2011]

On September 27th, Credential Recordings/lowercase people and Atlantic Records will release Vice Verses, the eighth studio record from multi-platinum rock band Switchfoot. Working with producer Neal Avron (Weezer, Linkin Park), the band recorded most of the album in their San Diego, CA home studio. Mike Elizondo (Eminem, Regina Spektor) who pro

duced Switchfoot's GRAMMY-winning album, Hello Hurricane, served as executive producer. Released in 2009, Hello Hurricane entered The Billboard 200 at No. 13 and contained the Modern Rock hits "The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)" and "Mess of Me."

"Vice Verses is a record of tension and release. It's an attempt to describe the polarity of the human experience. The sunlight and shadow. The highs and lows, laughter and pain, hope and fear, doubts and belief," says lead

singer/guitarist Jon Foreman. In the title track, he writes, "...'Every blessing comes with a set of curses. I

got my vices. I got my vice verses.' So we live in the tension -- pulled and stretched thin. Vice Verses is soul music --attempting to get to the heart of the human experience: Living in the tension and turning it into song..."

Vice Verses is the work of a band that is so restless, they devote an entire song ("Restless") to the condition. It's that very uneasiness -- an unwillingness to choose the treadmill over the triathlon -- that fuels the band's forays into new musical territory and Jon Foreman's unflinchingly honest lyrics. You can hear the tension build along with the first chords of album opener "Afterlife," leading into a bold statement of intent: "...I've tasted fire I'm ready to come alive/I can't just shut it up and fake that I'm alright/I'm ready now/I'm not waiting for the afterlife....I believe we start forever now...."

Songs like "Afterlife" and "The War Inside" take the harder-edged approach of Hello Hurricane a step further, creating what Billboard has called "powerful, anthemic rockers...like an amalgamation of U2's 'Achtung Baby,' Linkin Park." Overall, Vice Verses is a more eclectic collection than its predecessor with quiet gems like "Souvenirs" and the title track next to the infectious "The Original," reminiscent of Foo Fighters, and the biting, largely spoken-word "Selling the News." The latter is a poetry slam Beck-meets-Beastie Boys style examination of a media-mad nation: "...America listens the story is told/the hard sell, all caps, all bold...begging the question mongering fears/stroking the eye and tickling ears/the truth ain't just what it appears/we're selling the news..."

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[RandomThoughtGuy]

Is it just me, or does Switchfoot constantly one-up itself with every album?

[getnbizzy]

bands get paid shit for album sales... the real money is in concerts and tshirts. don't believe the hype that the big money publishers and recording companies are pushing. They're the ones really screwing the artist! The artist can't speak out as it would be career suicide. If you want to support your favorite bands GO SEE THEM LIVE! Then buy a cd and a tshirt.

[ScreamingLeo]

@getnbizzy unfortunately not enough of them do. Most bands fail to realize that their art is also a business and that is why a lot of them fail. And you don't have to sell out to be successful either. But touring is an expensive form of promotion your lucky as a band if you can turn a profit from a tour. Recording and merchandise sales work for the band 24/7 with much lower overhead costs involved

[melonology098]

How could someone not love this song??

[getnbizzy]

@ScreamingLeo I wonder how many artists actually do just that? Apparently Switchfoot does as I'm told. I still say the safest way, especially if you're unsure, is to go see them live and buy a tshirt. I'd be interested to hear how much artists actually get paid from an itunes sale.

[getnbizzy]

@heavensshareholder I believe you. I think these guys could really do some good helping other bands get started right. Then like diamonds, they should mark their albums as blood free. :D I think fans deserve to know that their money is primarily going to their favorite artist, and not lining the pockets of the industry shysters. Thanks for the reply.

[heavensshareholder]

buddy they own their own studio and produce their own stuff, they have their own record label....they only pay minor fees for distributing their album through atlantic records

[pj100003]

@RandomThoughtGuy That aint a random thought, RandomThought!

[jordanvazquezromero]

Thugg song

[Inhumantics]

I have been a fan of every Switchfoot album up until Oh! Gravity. After that I wasn't as keen on their newer music- until Vice Verses. THIS shows growth, it shows what a unique band they are. And it's a big contrast to Nothing is Sound- positive and negative (both are brilliant).

Love this album, love the message. "I know that there is meaning to it all...".

[snenuz]

hey r there web pages where i can find their story? i would know something more abuot them

[JJhagan27]

Switchfoot is awesome..