ARTIST: Jon Foreman
TITLE: Fall And Winter
LABEL: Credential Recordings/Lowercase People
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 177kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 44m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-01-15
RIP DATE: 2008-01-15
Track List
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1. The Cure For Pain 4:45
2. Southbound Train 4:15
3. Lord, Save Me From Myself 3:03
4. Equally Skilled 4:54
5. The Moon Is A Magnet 1:54
6. My Love Goes Free 3:07
1. Learning How To Die 3:28
2. Behind Your Eyes 2:38
3. Somebody's Baby 4:29
4. White As Snow 4:11
5. I Am Still Running 3:19
6. In Love 4:39
Release Notes:
Mr. Jon Foreman of Switchfoot is partnering with Credential Recordings and
lowercase people records in the release of four solo EPs over the coming months.
These EPs, individually titled Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer will each
feature six songs and will all be released prior to the upcoming Switchfoot
release in late 2008.
Foreman said that the songwriting and production of these solo EPs went hand in
hand. ôMost of these songs were written and recorded the same night. I would
sing and play my guitar late at night until I got a take that captured what the
song meant to me. From there I would add instruments to the vocal to see what
would be appropriate. It was a very therapeutic, lonely, cleansing process.ö
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Originally called Chin Up, Switchfoot was formed in 1996 in San Diego, CA, by
singer/guitarist Jonathan Foreman and his bassist brother Tim Foreman. With the
addition of drummer Chad Butler, the band's name switched to Switchfoot (a
surfing term) and they recorded their debut LP, 1997's The Legend of Chin, for
Charlie Peacock's re:Think imprint. New Way to Be Human followed two years
later; it was a huge hit, with the title track garnering a 1999 Dove Award for
Song of the Year. Keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas joined up for 2000's Learning
to Breathe, which found Switchfoot taking more steps toward mainstream modern
rock. Breathe would prove to be a transition album for the group, and their
first to sell over 500,000 copies. Its success, together with their significant
presence on the hit soundtrack to the 2002 Mandy Moore vehicle A Walk to
Remember, set Switchfoot up for a major-label run. The Beautiful Letdown, their
Columbia/RED debut, dropped in spring 2003; it represented the quartet's full
evolution toward a more accessible mainstream sound. The album eventually went
double platinum on the strength of constant touring and the radio hits "Dare You
to Move" and "Meant to Live." It hit number one on Billboard's Christian Albums
chart and number 16 on the Top 200. In September 2005 Switchfoot returned with
their fifth album, Nothing Is Sound, their first Top Ten hit on the Top 200
(debuting at number three); the album went gold. It sparked another radio hit in
"Stars," and was the first Switchfoot recording to include the work of
additional guitarist Andrew Shirley (formerly of the contemporary Christian
group All Together Separate), who had been a touring member of Switchfoot since
2003. Wasting little time, the band was soon back in the studio with veteran
U.K. producer Tim Palmer (U2, the Cure, etc.) to begin work on their sixth
album, one that found the guys broadening their musical scope; Oh! Gravity. then
appeared at the tail end of 2006.