Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane (Deluxe Edition) 2CD 2009

So this SiRE release is not new, and we haven’t posted it before either. But I watched a performance on last night’s Craig Ferguson show, actually not bad, so I want to post it here as a staff pick.

Switchfoot is an alternative rock band from San Diego, CA. They are known for their energetic live shows, the three guitarists in the line-up often operate simultaneously, building on the pop sensibilities of Foreman’s songwriting, rounded out by Fontamillas’s work on the synthesizer, bringing his industrial roots to the sound, the band works up ‘the Switchfoot sound’- a melodic crunch of densely layered sound featuring some electronic experimentation, and often driven by hard-charging guitar riffs, while throwing in a few softer ballads as well.

Track List:

DISC 1:

01. Needle And Haystack Life
02. Mess Of Me
03. Your Love Is A Song
04. The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues)
05. Enough To Let Me Go
06. Free
07. Hello Hurricane
08. Always
09. Bullet Soul
10. Yet
11. Sing It Out
12. Red Eyes

DISC 2:

01. Needle (Writing Sessions, San Diego Spring ‘08)
02. Needle (July ‘08 – Take 7)
03. Mess Of Me (Charlie Peacock Sessions, Aug ‘07)
04. Red Eyes (Jan 12 2009 – Take 1)
05. Sing It Out (Writing Session, Raleigh, NC Fall ‘08)
06. Sing It Out (Dark Version, Nov 22 ‘08 – Take 6)
07. The-Voice-Inside-Your-Head (Interlude)
08. Your Love Is A Gun (Bullet Soul Early Version)
09. Enough (Reprise)
10. Yet (Dressing Room Demo, Fall ‘07)
11. Yet (Nov 4 ‘08 – Take 07)
12. Tambo-Cave-At-Gmail-Dot-Com (Interlude)
13. Sing It Out (Demo Oct ‘09, Prog Drums)
14. Red Eyes (Demo, Early ‘05)
15. Always Yours (Nov 13 ‘08 – Take 9)
16. Always Yours, Tim’s Unused Bridge
17. Mess Of Me (Demo, August ‘08 Take 2, Full Band)
18. Nicaraguan-Maracas (Interlude)
19. Mess Of Me (Early Demos)
20. Your Love Is A Gun (Bullet Soul Laptop Demo)
21. Hello Hurricane (Early Demos)
22. Distortion (Interlude)
23. Needle (Nov 18 ‘08 – Take 12)
24. Sing It Out (March 19 ‘09)