Switchfoot put out the best album yet in 2011.
I find myself in Vice Verses almost like it understands me. I love how different it is. Spoken word, very much driven by bass and drums but soulful at the same time. It still sounds like Switchfoot but it sounds more mature in a way. They go beyond Rock N' Roll there is some folk and hip hop in there too. I simply can not rave about this album enough. It is simply amazing. I feel pride when I listen to this album. Not for me but for them. I have always been proud to call myself a Switchfoot fan but takes my pride for these 5 amazing guys to another level. I just want to brag about them all the time...or more than I usually do. It is easy to brag about them because not only are the amazing artists but they are so humble, compassionate, and nice. Every time I see them they make me feel so important and like the are excited to see me. When they talk to me they make me feel like I am the most important person in the room and like the only person that they want to talk to. For someone who feels like she's the second to last choice most of the time that means the absolute world to me.
Where I Belong is my favorite song and is definitely my pick for song of 2011. I can not help but listen to it over and over again. It was my favorite song they performed in October at the BEST Switchfoot concert I have EVER been too. It just so happen to be the 20th show I went to. They were touring with Anberlin (my 2nd favorite band) and even though Stephen (Anberlin's lead singer) was not there the show was amazing. Sommer and I were the first ones in to pick where we stood so we got the BEST place, at least in my opinion, to stand (right in between Jon and Drew). Where I Belong was the first song they did as an encore but I wish that would have been the last song they did. It is the perfect ending. There is just something about it that gives me a feeling that I honestly have no way of explaining. It is just simply amazing. It was one the most amazing moments in the show. You could just feel the band and the crowd coming together. It gave me chills. There was even a point where Drew and I just stared at each other smiling both singing our lunges out. It is a song that is felt when every inch of your body not just listened to. I'm listening to it right now and I almost feel at peace or something. I can not explain how this song makes me feel. Simply amazing and like there is hope in the world.
When I was 17 Switchfoot saved my life. I feel like most people know this (I also think no one reads the blog and I'm apparently wrong about that so who knows really). Their song Concrete Girl got me up every morning and through every single day. I wrote a part of the lyrics on my had as a constant reminder that I could get through this time in my life. With out Switchfoot I don't know where I would be or if I would be here. Their music and friendship is one of the most important things in my life. I do not think I could ever put into words what they mean to me but I will try.
When I hear or think of the word Switchfoot I think of: hope, love, passion, compassion, music, life, friends, brilliant, uncommonly nice, faith, honesty, and what I feel the body of Christ should look like.
When I think of a Christian I think of these guys because they get it. Even when they are questioning they get it. Christianity isn't about having all the answers. It is about having an honest relationship with Christ and living your life out for Him. I know they are not perfect but they definitely show me the meaning of following Christ. And in my times of doubt and confusion it is Switchfoot that a turn to to help me sort out my questions and find my answers.
Switchfoot is an amazing band. You may love the, you may hate them, you may have never hear of them or their music but to me they are amazing. I would be a completely different person if I never listened to their music. I might not even be on the planet if it was not for this band. There is nothing I can do to completely repay them for everything they do because they continue to influence my life. So I will attempt to pay them back by going to every show I possibly can and listening to every song they put out of my to get.
