Switchfoot, Christian music’s most famous crossover band, visited The House of Blues in Downtown Disney to promote their seventh studio record “Hello Hurricane” last Friday to 1,500 excited fans.
“The new album is artistically different, but I love that they could change and still please their long-term fans,” and Kara Vallard, a business student from Riverside College.
The slow build-up in “Always” ends with his yell, “Hallelujah! I’m caving in / Hallelujah!
I’m in love again / Hallelujah! I’m a wretched man / Hallelujah! Every breath is a second chance,” and the crowd screamed screamed along with excitement.
The crowd barely moved, standing in awe as the band presented their inspirational lyrics.
In the song “Yet,” Foreman sings, “If it doesn’t break your heart it isn’t love / If it doesn’t break your heart it’s not enough / It’s when you’re breaking down / With your insides coming out / That’s when you find out what your heart is made of / And you haven’t lost me yet."
Switchfoot performed a two-hour set of fulfillment, playing new and old songs, but began with the new album from beginning to end.
Never skipping a beat, the band flowed from song to song with flawless movements.
“I absolutely loved the non-stop music for two hours,” said Kaylin Sypherd, a Chapman College student.
Some classics such as “This is your life,” and “Learning to breathe” were played to please those lifetime fans.
“I wanted to hear the new album,” said Gianna Hernandez, a student at La Habra High School. “But I also want to hear some of my old favorite, thank goodness they are playing for two hours.”
As the music pounded then paused to allow Foreman to holler out the lines over only the drums, it gave the song the power of beat poetry with the urgency of rock-and-roll.
When vocals and guitar wailed at the same time with the lyrics “there ain’t no drug, there ain’t no drug, no drug to make me well … the sickness is myself,” it was hard to miss the message.
Switchfoot’s new album and new carefree attitude settled comfortably with their fans.
“I love the new music. I like to see a band that I’ve been listening to evolve into some so real and natural,” said Vallard.
Whether or not scaling back on mainstream songs had anything to do with changing of sound, the contents of “Hello Hurricane” is an indication that the band enjoyed reclaiming its creative freedom.
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