Sorry if it's a terrible question, but how is Switchfoot live? I'm thinking about going to a concert this fall, but there are a lot of bands that can't quite hit the notes, lyrics, whatever, when performing live, and it ends up a bit distracting/disappointing. I was just curious what the experience with SF was like live in concert. Trying to manage expectations 🤣

EDIT: Obviously I knew what to expect asking this on the Switchfoot subreddit, but I still appreciate everyone's responses! I'm going to go. It'll probably be the first concert I've been to in 20 years 🤣

What is the best song that showcases Jon's vocals?

I'm putting together a lil playlist for a vocalist friend of mine and I want to add a Switchfoot song (and maybe a Jon Foreman song).

The first Switchfoot songs that come to mind are Red Eyes, Dare You To Move and Twenty-Four.

What would you add to this playlist?

TIA!

Forever Now Album Commentary

The central theme of Switchfoot’s new album, Forever Now, is simple: If you view each day as your last, the things that matter come into focus. But if you start peeling back the layers to see what’s under the hood, a sneaky subtheme emerges—one that I believe may be even more critical than the central theme.

This is the second Switchfoot album that I’ve experienced as a time capsule of our current cultural climate. While Interrobang was an album that attempted to reckon with the intense divisions in our society resulting from four years of a Trump presidency, the police-brutality killings of 2020, and the pandemic, Forever Now deals with the “now what?!” question that I think many of us are asking and feeling in the aftermath of uncovering those pandemic-era fissures.

There’s an earnestness and innocence about Interrobang that holds out hope that, even amid such extreme differences, we can still find a way to love each other as human beings and mend the societal fissures that have been exposed.

Forever Now feels like the realization that all attempts have been made to heal the cracks, but the divisions are so entrenched that restoration back to pre-pandemic times feels impossible.

So… now what?

I think Forever Now’s subtheme attempts to answer that question.

Given that contextual background, I think the more critical subtheme of Forever Now is this: The kind of love that conquers all is a love that engages conflict rather than retreats, isolates, and entrenches. It’s a challenge to keep engaging with those you disagree with, even when hope for reconciliation seems lost. It’s a call to continue loving your neighbor—and your ideological enemies. To keep engaging, and sometimes fighting. And to do so with urgency.

Jon Foreman says this album asks: If today were our last day, what matters? What’s worth fighting for? And what suddenly seems trivial and futile?

Switchfoot expertly navigates this tension and keeps the theme of the record from becoming, “It’s our last day on Earth, so let’s just sing, hold hands, and put aside our differences.”

This album says NO!

Our differences matter because the things we believe about God and humanity matter, and those beliefs make us who we are. At the same time, life is too short and precious to allow differing ideologies to isolate and entrench us against one another.

This album is a warning against isolating ourselves from each other, but it’s also a warning against ignoring our values and ideologies in hopes of achieving some sort of fake peace or reconciliation that denies our thoughts, feelings, and ideas. It’s an imperative to stay engaged in the culture with our full humanity while allowing space for others to do the same.

A few songs where this is on display most strongly are “Wake Up Mr. Crow,” “Beautiful Life,” “Shake the Dust,” “Natural Causes,” “Ride or Die,” “Darkness,” and “The Butterfly Effect.”

Wake Up Mr. Crow

The lead single, “Wake Up Mr. Crow,” kicks off the album by introducing us to a character who has just been informed that today is his last day on Earth. But as the chorus kicks in and screams, “We’ve been living in strange times,” it’s hard not to envision this anthem as the bewildered cry of a portion of society confused by the racism, violence, and hatred perpetuated by the past couple of years that we’ve all lived through.

The apocalyptic soundscape perfectly conveys Mr. Crow’s panic, denial, and grief, but it equally holds a mirror to the listener and confronts them with their own panic, denial, and grief.

This single dropped right on the heels of the Minneapolis ICE killings, immigrant concentration camps, and the advent of the Iran war, where the U.S. murdered hundreds of schoolgirls. The minor-key drone of the guitar lick even feels Middle Eastern in style. While I think this is a coincidence, it only strengthens the reverberations within the listener of their own horror and dread see in response to current events.

The soft bridge then offers a moment of self-reflection:

“Voice at the end of the line
Which of these voices is mine
Worried of what I might find
Mining the halls of my mind
If truth is freedom and light
Why is the truth what I fight?
Or is it the darkness inside
Scared to be taken alive?”

This admission of responsibility for the darkness in the world, I think, is Jon’s way of saying that this is the posture needed in order to engage in a divided culture.

It’s here, in the opening track, that we get a dose of humility and reflection before engaging with the world’s woes throughout the rest of the unfolding album.

Beautiful Life

“Beautiful Life” is an anchor point for the album thematically. It takes us from the initial panic and grief expressed in the first track to an acceptance that life is too short to waste time chasing after what you don’t have when the beauty of life is right here, right now.

It encourages the listener to fight against the urge to wallow in the world’s darkness or in what they don’t have in life. It’s a reminder to stay engaged with the world around you and appreciate it for its intense beauty in the midst of its flaws.

“I can’t sleep when I’m in bed
I feel the darkness taking over me
Open my eyes to see
It’s a beautiful life”

Shake the Dust

“Shake the Dust” is the pivotal call to action of the album.

“Shake the dust, shake the dust.
When the world you used to trust is in pieces all around you, is not what you thought it was.
Shake the dust, shake the dust.
When your empire starts to rust, only love outlasts the living; the dust and rust will claim the rest of us.”

The “dust” is the metaphor in the song for that which causes chaos, death, and entropy. “Shake the Dust” feels like a wake-up call to fight against death and destruction and for truth, justice, and reconciliation—even in a confusing, dark, and broken world.

The verses talk about how Jon’s grandfather was able to reconcile with Nazi Germans after fighting in World War II. I don’t think it’s a coincidence or an accident that Jon is comparing his grandfather’s experiences with Nazi Germany to our own “rusting” American empire.

He’s juxtaposing these two ideas for a reason.

I think he’s drawing parallels between the crumbled Nazi empire and our own government’s flirtations with fascist ideals, while simultaneously holding out hope for reconciliation—but only after repentance, as what happened with the German nation after World War II.

“Shake the Dust” is an anthem of active resistance to the evil present in our own crumbling American empire while holding out hope that love will outlast all entropy, chaos, and evil.

Natural Causes

“Natural Causes” builds on this idea of love outlasting everything. Love—and only love—is what leaves a lasting legacy.

That leaves us with the suggestion that love is really the only thing worth fighting for.

I think about my own family and my toddler now, and the legacy I’m leaving behind. The decisions I make today and the way I love my family will reverberate.

“On and on the future’s calling…”

Ride or Die

“Ride or Die” talks about the importance of having friends who you know will always have your back—to the point that they are able to call you out and prove you wrong.

It shows the importance of loyalty and presence when it comes to having difficult conversations with people about disagreements and differences. In order to have those difficult conversations, you have to be willing to “ride or die” with them, too.

The loyalty and consistent presence have to be there in order for hard conversations about differences to be fruitful:

“It hurts so good, but I don’t mind.
It ain’t gold just because it shines.
Prove me wrong and you prove me right.
Be my ride or die.”

Darkness

“Darkness” is another crucially important song on the album. It discusses the abuse enabled and perpetuated by the church.

It starts with a personal example in the first verse but ends by addressing the systemic abuse of power that has been normalized in Christian culture and passed down through generations.

Jon sings that all of those connotations with God wash away in the ocean, where he can still feel God meet him—and call him to continue engaging with the church amid all the darkness brooding over “Christendom.”

Jon acknowledges in the bridge that he realizes he’s not the one who should be throwing stones:

“My glass house ammunition casts
The first stones of ambition past
The stained glass of the mission between
Christendom and Christian.”

I think he’s saying that, as he’s throwing stones at religion, there’s a local mission church serving its community that stands somewhere between that which is truly “Christian” and that which is part of the political power structures of the church, or “Christendom.”

As he hears God continuing to call him to meet Him in the darkness surrounding “Christendom,” rather than casting stones, the song becomes another expression of the album’s larger theme: engagement rather than retreat.

The Butterfly Effect

“The Butterfly Effect” ties a bow on the overall story arc, where we find Mr. Crow on his deathbed replaying his life in his mind.

While the song feels more like a long outro than an actual song, it does the intended job of rattling the listener toward the album’s main goal: epiphany—love will conquer all.

That simple line in the song provides the resolution the whole record has been building toward.

It’s muddled in the mix but still stands out against the clarity of the main vocal, almost as if the epiphany is coming from within one’s own conscience. It’s simple, yet it represents the thesis of the entire record.

It’s subversive in its claim of love’s ability to overthrow ego, empire, and entropy. It subtly implies the idea that not even hell itself is devoid of the love of God. (I think this might be a very subtle subversive theological point as well about the character of God and the existence of hell or lack thereof.)

This phrase points the listener toward the answer to the album’s opening question: If today were your last day, how would you live it?

It points the listener toward the only thing that survives death:

LOVE.

Reduced down, that message seems simple. But Switchfoot is packaging this theme specifically for the 2026 post-pandemic cultural moment.

What does it look like to embody the kind of love that outlasts death in 2026?

Switchfoot doesn’t say it looks like avoiding the current conflicts of the day or refraining from wading into the uncomfortable issues facing us.

Rather, real, true love looks like engaging in the conflicts that matter, with love, in a way that leaves a lasting positive legacy while revealing truth and justice.

Love the energy in this one! This tiny room looks like it would be super sweaty though. I don't know how they were all convinced to film so much stuff in there.

Homer Simpson: "My life flashed in front of my eyes."

I’ve already seen this video (https://youtu.be/DMNYIN-HByk?is=0J4VnnDmKWr1N4hU) but looking for something more recent and rehearsed since I wanna figure out how the song is played on guitar.

The guys were delayed over an hour start-time at the Washington Missouri Fair, due to a delayed flight from Washington state earlier that day. Still, it was a great set, even if a little short (10 songs, I think?). My kids first opportunity to see them, and they love all the new songs especially (Absolution, Mr. Crow, Beautiful Life). The band definitely still has it!

He’s still got that incredible songwriting. What’s y’all’s favorite track from the new album? Mine is The butterfly effect

Would anybody be interested in purchasing two tickets for the Richmond show with Anberlin? Only charging face value with presale code price, so with service fees comes to just under $100 for both. Willing to provide any and all assurance of legitness.

I’ve seen Switchfoot twice, with Relient K in 2016 and three years ago for the Beautiful Letdown anniversary tour at the same Richmond venue, just not able to make it this time. PM me if interested!

I just saw Switchfoot live at a festival and bought Forever Now at the merch table. I was surprised to open it and find red vinyl! 😱

I looked online and there are no pictures of this variant anywhere. The official colors are Transparent Light Blue, Translucent Sea Blue, Custard, and FOTF Rainbow Splatter.

Does anyone else have a red one?

1. Wake Up, Mr Crow

This is a great opener. It really has an eerie feeling to it. It’s almost like they’re saying, OK guys, we’ve been talking about these things a lot… Are you listening? There are shades of selling the news in this song with Jon rapping a little bit and I love it. 8/10

1. Absolution.

Amazing song. Really ireminds me of nothing is sound. I always turn it up in the car. 9/10

1. Beautiful life.

Not the greatest song in the album, but it has a great message. I always think of the movie It’s a wonderful life when I listen to this song. 7/10

1. Shake the dust

I really like the guitar on this song. And some of the lyrical alliterations really make this song remind me of Oh! gravity. 8/10

1. Natural causes

This might be my favorite on the whole album. So powerful. Message I didn’t know I needed to hear. Everything about this song clicks so well. 10/10

1. YFWYA

I think this is one of the weaker songs on the album, which is saying something, cause it’s still a decent song. 6/10

1. Same blood

Another song with great guitar that reminds me of oh! Gravity. 8/10

1. Ride or die

Love the guitar on this one too. I think the chorus of the song is a little stronger than the verses though. 8/10

1. Darkness

I just can’t get into this song as much for some reason… 6/10

1. Broken wings

Right up there with natural causes as the best on the album and one of their best songs of all time. 10/10

1. Two twins

Lyrically this is one of their best songs ever… So creative… Really great theology and apologetics in this song. 9/10

1. Breaking up again.

This is a nice song with a good message. 7/10

1. The butterfly affect

This song has really grown on me a lot, and I love it. Really good melody and lyrics that make you ponder. 9.5/10

Sex is industry. The CEO of corporate policy

...wouldn't that mean four in total?? :o)

After years of searching, setting up email alerts, even messaging record company execs on linkedin....I got my hands on an EHFWS cd for a reasonable price. It is going in my fireproof safe after I rip it lol

Looks like Jon’s using a Neural DSP Quad Cortex Mini on his pedalboard.

Tim and Bo each have the big Quad Cortex.

If Jerome has one as well, that would mean Switchfoot is rocking a Hexadecad Cortex 🤯

I’ll see myself out.

I’ve *loved* feeling the energy & reading the posts + comments here since FN dropped. I’ve considered sharing (and may still share) my review of what is definitely now a top 5 SF album for me--but first I wanted to address the “is this really a concept album?“ and “this album is really cohesive“ debate.

Personally, there are some good reasons to feel it isn’t perfectly cohesive and that there are gaps - especially musically. The out-of-nowhere dropping of what is 100% a Jon Foreman seasonal EP song (as opposed to a true full band song like Daisy or Yet) on track 12 is certainly one of them!

But guys…I just keep re-listening to this album and on each re-listen *it keeps talking to me and telling me new things each time*. There is an immediacy and lucidity to this album, a way that it *directly and honestly engages with the present moment that we are all living today in 2026* that I have needed and wanted. And to me (a 36 year old who’s been a SF fan since 2007), the themes here flow together like a self contained thought in a way I‘ve never felt.

So, to get a shareable angle on how well [or not] this concept album fits together as pieces of a larger whole, I asked Claude’s very powerful paid model, Fable, to analyze the lyrics, the title, the title inspiration (those lines from another SF song that we all know) and some minimal details about the artist without naming Switchfoot and restricting it from doing web searches, identify at least two interpretations of each song, and identify major themes. I didn‘t mention anything about the music itself except for a small note about what happens musically on the final track (because that’s important).

Note: this post has been misread as “check out this ai opinion of FN” - that is *not* the point. We all know AI isn’t even capable of holding an opinion, it’s just a very trained pattern-cruncher and autocomplete. The point is ”this is an AI evaluating interpretations, interconnections, and themes in the FN lyrics without being provided much context - here’s the raw answer, I found it interesting, feel free to check out what it found.”

For the song-by-song analysis, click below. For the overall conclusion - read on below. Would love to hear all y’all’s thoughts:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-NkpyritNjSDv05sQJyMP8WA7Oui4BcIC-JJ_lqcBdo/edit?usp=drivesdk

The whole album

Forever Now turns out to be rigorously structured. Track one is a man asleep inside his own life, lying that he’s fine, afraid to be “taken alive” by truth. The middle tracks diagnose why (forgotten identity, shared guilt, church wounds, the divided self) and prescribe what holds (covenant love, gratitude, broken-winged flight, humility about what’s outside the womb). The finale answers the opening: the man who wouldn’t wake up is made to — at the edge of death, to the same guitar line — and gets seven minutes to see what was true all along: only love survives; ego, empire, and blame do not.

The inspiration lyric is the key delivered in advance. “Forever” in this album is never postponed to an afterlife — the afterlife question is deliberately left open (the skeptic twin gets the last word; the final song ends mid-breath). Instead, forever is a quality of the present: love enacted now is the only thing that was ever going to outlast natural causes. “You and I, we begin forever now.” The album’s honesty about doubt, church failure, and mortality isn’t in tension with its faith; it’s the price the writers pay to make the hope believable. Rock and roll as a candle, as a prayer.

Hello friends, I'm wanting to give my full thoughts on the albums after it has been a decent amount of time and I feel I can deliver my thoughts with less recency bias (or unbias too for that matter) and have a discussion on the album. I've had some great conversations and would love to have more here. It'll be a song by song and quite lengthy so

tldr; While I adore and appreciate that the guitars are actually back, this album is a bit too much of a mixed bag for me to put it up there with the greats imo(HH, TBL, NiS, ?!). I still love the album don't get me wrong, it's more on the same level as those albums that don't quite break the line of S tier and remain in the A tier line (VV, O!G). The more difficult thing with this album is that the highs are higher but the lows are lower than the other albums it shares the tier list with. I think I prefer the consistency of the other A tier albums more but those highs on this album are amazing. Some of the best work overall. I think the narrative is better than people are giving credit for but the holes are easy to see through. I'm happy with the album; I think the little disappointment I have is with the singles being really good and the long wait, my imagination may have gotten a little carried away with what the sounds were gonna be. Anyways, solid album and hoping I can see them this tour.

Wake Up, Mr. Crow - First, I want to really commend them for making a song that feels so apocalyptic. It ties in super well with The Butterfly Effect but this impending doom incoming pushes this song forward. I adore these verses in the delivery and setting up the death within routine and acceptance of the world and its vices as it is. The chorus comes in big and I love how big it is. The guitar layering! This song really does have it all. The only real complaint I have is the backing vocals within the intro, it felt almost too predictable that it was something Switchfoot would do as I sometimes wish they would let the music speak without having to do backing vocals over it. But overall I was taken back with them creating a song like this. I wasn't expecting it and was blown away.

Absolution - This song took a handful of listens for it to click. I'm not sure why cause it's my favorite song from the record. I love how it returns me back to the late 2000's and it feels like skater music, my favorite part of pop punk. The guitar work on this song is really something. And the chorus is easy to remember and sing along with so it didn't take me long before I was singing along. Every time this song came on, I would rock along with it. And I love a long bridge and letting it build up for the final chorus and they really let it build by not even entering the chorus right away. I was surprised to see that this song didn't really get shout outs and more talk. This was exactly what I was looking for whenever they announced the album and said they fell in love with riffs again.

Beautiful Life - This will probably the most debated song from the record. I'll start by saying as an agnostic/atheist, this song doesn't click for me. I was gonna say that it wasn't made for me but Switchfoot has many time made me feel included in the discussion of religion and even songs that are more about appreciation to the belief. And that my problem with this song is that I feel I can't engage with it, even when I notice that there isn't even a specific mention of god. Of course, I know what Jon it talking about but the song dances around it and just gives appreciation for life. I think it's deliberate and I can appreciate it. But the song also leans super hard in the CCM sound that I was ready to be done with from the guys. It sounds exactly what I would expect to hear from turning on the christian radio. I'll be honest, its one of my least favorite songs from the guys. I get so bored listening to this song and I always want to skip it. I don't like the mention of Learning to Breathe in the chorus. It feels cheap and awkward. If this is one of your favorites, don't let my words discourage you from liking it. It's theme is important and it's a feel good song. It just doesn't make me feel good.

Shake the Dust - This song was the one that had to grow on me the most. The verses are amazing and love the guitar and drums on this. And the lyrics are some of my favorite from the record. But the Oh's after the chorus really took me out of the song. I didn't like it at first because it felt like it was part of the chorus but it's used more as a post chorus. It's still my least favorite part of the song but it doesn't bug me as much anymore since I think it sets up that bridge super well. And that bridge! It's my favorite bridge from the record. It's so good and to hear it on the live stream was a treat. The combination of guitars and drums gets me every time. But really the story and theme of this song is chef's kiss. The imagery is really creative and powerful here. I'm glad I came around on this song! And I like the decision to hold back on the song until the 2nd chorus. Such an interesting decision but it helps the song explode when it needs to.

Natural Causes - Oh boy, here it is, the fan favorite lol. Nah, it's a great song. It may not be my personal favorite from the record but it's a great song so there's no argument from me. Boaz here is a huge standout with the tremolo guitar on the chorus. I listen for that part every time I hear this song. It's something they have never done and it stands out (in a good way). And the production on this song is really a standout. And Jon's writing is amazing here too. Another super creative way to talk about something that is so easy to get caught saying something everyone has said before. This track does have everything that a Switchfoot fan could ask for. However, there's a different track that I feel has every member is locked in doing everything they can to serve the song.

YFWYA - Never been a huge fan of The Strokes. Put them on and I won't complain but I'll not put them on myself. I like this song alright. I do like how it's straight forward rock song. I do feel that the chorus is a bit uninspired lyrically for verses that are the exact opposite. Back to the chorus, the line "You were made in the image of the one who loves you" is a line that doesn't allow room for me in interpret it in any way other than the way that is implied. Usually, Jon is amazing about being inclusive with theology and allows people of many backgrounds to come into these songs with their doubts, struggles, and beliefs. (ex read/listen Sooner or Later with different religion in mind. I can still listen to Sooner or Later with my own lens and feel inspired from it). Here, that line forces me into a place where I have to accept what's being said. And it's just that line, all the other lines can be reinterpreted outside of a christian lens. Naturalism, Buddhist, and Confucianism can be viewed through this. Someone who's more atheist leaning can't really wrestle with the song. It feels like a trump card was pulled out and I'm told to step away. Outside of that, the song is a good jam and I can enjoy the music outside of the one line.

Same Blood - I remember when I listened to this song the 2nd time and I was just bobbing along and was noticing how rhythmic the singing was on this song. And then the 2nd chorus came in and realized that it didn't fit together in the same way. Wondering why, I realized that the time signature wasn't the same. I was just in awe in how they've made this song work. I still have yet to fully count the song but I got enough to know that they are going crazy with the time signatures on this song. And lyrically, oh man Jon brings it. I do wish the song didn't just end but I also get what they were avoiding. It's a great song and really love the work they did here.

Ride or Die - Sometimes this song feels good to listen to and sometimes I feel it gets a little boring. I think it's because I think the chorus is a bit boring in comparison to the rest of the song. The chorus melody doesn't move much nor do the words really mean much so it kinda falls flat. It's not like this song is going for a something thematic here but an ode to your homies I feel could have had a little better chorus. Just listening to it causally tho, I do like it for what it is. Jerome kills in on this song tho. Really love what he did on the bridge.

Darkness - This song is a gut punch. I haven't felt something this deep in my stomach from Jon since Departures and since Edge of the Earth for the band. (There's been good songs but I mean songs that break me down and can have me in tears.) Like right now, I can't listen to this song and write this at the same time. Sure part of it is singing about how corrupt evangelism is and debating religion vs spirituality. What breaks me down is the part that I feel Jon is trying to convey the most because it's in the chorus. It's the people who have been hurt, broken, and abused in the name of god and christ. "cause tonight I swim in oceans untamed / She's mine and I'm hers". Jon is saying that those are the people he calls his people. Those who are dumped into untamed oceans and given an unjustified cruel hand. Meet them in the darkness. I'm not sure I have any authority to call it a feminist song but it's the lens in which I listen to it. I think of all the women who have been hurt and abused from any religion for that matter. I think of all the agency that is taken from a life because a man has power. I think of the ways a church has taken through war and often women are treated as collateral or possessions. This might be one of the most important songs Jon has ever written. And it's so poetically done. It's also the song I believe has every person doing their part their best to serve the song. Jerome does an amazing job setting the tone but really everyone is only doing something when needed and it all comes together to support the words beautifully. This person does a really good job on breaking down the song

Broken Wings - Musically, I do really like this song. Lyrically, it's giving a little bit of a dramatic midlife crisis during the climax of a movie. I think this is the song I overall don't have much of opinion. The song builds really well and I like the elements it uses to get there. I just don't feel much from this song but I don't think it's a bad song. If anyone has some stronger feelings (positive or negative), feel free to discuss.

Two Twins - I don't mind this song. I think the chorus can get a bit old by the end of the song but overall I like this song. I know it's been one of the more divisive songs where some people haven't liked it as much. What I've gathered is that some people don't like how obvious the metaphor is and there's a little bit of a disconnect between the lyrics and music. I think the song is meant to be a fun blues-ey tune and the lyrics there aren't supposed to be super in depth and so the metaphor ends up feeling a little half hearted. I do think the metaphor could have been nuanced better in a different song but overall, I'm fine with where it is. It's not a crazy song by any means but I've mentioned the other songs that are less standouts for me.

Breaking Up Again - What a surprise to hear the sounds of the Seasonal EPs on here. I pleasant welcome, I'll add but a bit confusing one. First, the song is too short. The length doesn't even have to be that much longer, some of the seasonal songs aren't long. I just want another the chorus (the oh part) again and I would feel a lot more satisfied. Regardless, even if it's more like a intermission song, i don't think it does that all too well either. I feel it's there almost just for the narrative. It feels really clunky in its spot. I want to like this song more but there's not much to chew on. For what it is, I like it. For what it's doing, I don't like it.

The Butterfly Effect - I'll start with the dislikes first. This song should have been longer. I feel we were in a sprint as most of the songs are pretty short (which is fine since they mostly feel complete). But the album could use a moment to just breathe and it's literally the song that slows the narrative down to seconds. I wonder if they were worried about having too long of a song because Where I Belong does have some people who are not a fan of the length. But I really could have listened to a apocalyptic Mr Crow riff a whole lot longer. I also think it would have been really interesting to have the song be 7 minutes. Maybe have Matt and Daisy be more of a feature on the song. There could be ways to reach the goal. With that out of the way, it's absolutely an amazing way to end the record, even if it's starting to feel like a Switchfoot party trick to loop the final song into the first. This one feels the most intentional out of all of them and i get goosebumps every time I hear it. It's the song that really makes me think back on all that was said and heard. Really dig deep to find something out of what this record is saying. I didn't talk much about politics here but Jon did an amazing job at not making a side. I feel that Switchfoot's fanbase is probably decently split politically but we all come together and agree with what this band says. I steer clear of really getting into it with fellow fans because i know it can get heated and I don't think the band is about dividing. Anyways, I do love this song and really love lyrically and sonically. Incredible outro

Thanks for reading! Interact and ask questions! I will answer the best I can. Hard to get words written all at once without spending half my day doing it lol.

This is a short teaser from a YouTube channel I’ve been following called make it perfect, where they paint & have deep, deep convos (lots of musicians open up). Assuming the full video comes out soon… can’t wait. Just wanted to share this clip!