All Things Goofy

For those of you who know me, you know that Switchfoot is my musical first love.  Their music rocks, their lyrics are deep and meaningful, and the guys, well…they  are beyond AWESOME!  A few months ago, the guys announced that they had negotiated their way ot of their contract with Columbia Records and were striking out on their own.  They quickly announced big plans for the forthcoming year.  Tee ban is working on a new album. Jon Foreman(lead singer) is releasing 4 EP’s in the next year titled “Fall”, “Winter”,  “Spring”, and “Summer.”  The first two, Fall and Winter are rumored to be released Jan 15, 2008.  Finally Jon would also be teaming up with Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek fame to release an album together as “The Real SeanJon.”

Well they have released the first song on their newly formed independent label, Lowercase People Records.  It is titled Rebuild and was co-written by Jon Foreman and Matt Theissen of Relient K.  Performed by Switchfoot, with special appearances by Theissen and  Dustin Ruth from Ruth.  The song is available for download for a donation of time or money to Habitat For Humanity, and if for some reason you can’t do either of those right now, they still want you to have it.  The song was originally inspired by Habitat for Humanity and quickly took on new meaning to the guys as a few hours after writing it this summer at the Creation East festival, Releiaent K’s bus caught on fire on their way to their next show.  Recently, as the guys were starting their tour, even more meaning was added as their hometown of San Diego was threatened by the worse wildfires they had ever seen.

The guys are currently touring with Relient K and Ruth on the “Appetite for Destruction” tour.  A portion of the proceeds from the tour are going to suppurt “Habitat for Humanity”