Switchfoot will head out with The Almost this fall on a tour that launches Oct. 1, 2010, in Lynchburg, Virginia. For ticketing information and further details, visit Switchfoot.com. The band, which just wrapped up a summer outing with Goo Goo Dolls, also will perform at Celebrate Freedom Atlanta, the largest free one-day concert in Atlanta, on Sept. 4, as well as the Austin City Limits Festival on Oct. 10. (See below for itinerary.)
“The Sound (John M. Perkins’ Blues),” the band’s current single, is one of eight songs included on the new Switchfoot iTunes Session. “The Sound” is a Top 10 hit at Modern Rock radio and the accompanying video has been added to Fuse’s “#1 Countdown” and MTV. The song was inspired by civil rights activist John M. Perkins, who appears in the video. Jon Foreman, lead vocalist/guitarist for Switchfoot, has penned nine articles for The Huffington Post, including one detailing his recent meeting with Perkins:
“The Sound” has been featured in television spots for Walt Disney Pictures’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, as well as promotional spots for Bravo and Verizon Wireless’ fall 2009 ad campaign for the BlackBerry Storm2. It follows Switchfoot’s, “Mess of Me,” which the band has performed on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “Your Love is a Song,” another track from Hello Hurricane, currently is climbing the charts at HOT AC and Christian AC radio.
“On its seventh album, Switchfoot set the mood with U2-esque shimmer, fuzzed-out rockers that would make Dave Grohl green with envy, and jangly garage-rock,” said Alternative Press while Rolling Stone noted: “The group added some heft to its super catchy alternative rock; ‘Mess of Me’ is a stop-start rocker that kicks off with a serrated guitar scrawl, and ‘Bullet Soul’ is a crescendoing punk rager.” “Switchfoot has much in common with arena-rocking peers such as Coldplay and Snow Patrol–wrapped around huge hooks and intercut by Foreman’s incisive, discontented lyrics,” observed Paste.
Updated tour info and iTunes session track listing at Switchfoot.com.
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