Switchfoot
Hello Hurricane
Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
Genre(s): Rock, Pop, Alternative
Record label: Atlantic
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Album Review: Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7.4/10
They’ll rock you like a… well, you know Yes, the voice of Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman does sound more than a little like Bono’s, especially on U2-conjuring anthems like “Always. ” And sure — with the band’s wide-angle, phones-in-the-air approach seemingly aimed for the nosebleed seats, Switchfoot has much in common with arena-rocking peers like Coldplay and Snow Patrol. You don’t listen to Switchfoot for groundbreaking originality.
Based on rating 7/10
By the time Switchfoot returned to autonomy with 2009's Hello Hurricane, the post-CCM quintet had learned so much from the rat race of their grueling Columbia years their new batch of songs appeared too effortless to be true. The multiplatinum glories of 2003's The Beautiful Letdown, while never replicated, taught the group to grow comfortable in its modern-rock skin -- to accept its status as a band for the people. That explains why Hello Hurricane is almost devoid of surprises and offers exactly what the people want: an assemblage of straight-ahead rock anthems, free from left-of-center experiments, bouncy power-pop numbers, or obligatory balladry.
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