2016 studio album by Switchfoot
Where the Light Shines Through Released July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08 ) Recorded 2015–16 Studio Spot X Studio , San Diego , CA Genre Length 49 :33 Label Vanguard Producer "Live It Well" Released: May 12, 2016 "Float" Released: May 12, 2016 "I Won't Let You Go" Released: November 11, 2016 "Shake This Feeling" Released: May 5, 2017 "If the House Burns Down Tonight" Released: August 17, 2017
Where the Light Shines Through is the tenth studio album by American rock band Switchfoot , released on July 8, 2016. The album was recorded in the band's recording studio Spot X in their hometown San Diego ,[ 6] and produced by Switchfoot and John Fields , with whom the band has worked on their breakthrough album The Beautiful Letdown (2003) and its follow-ups, Nothing Is Sound (2005) and Oh! Gravity. (2006). It is Switchfoot's first and only album to be released through Vanguard Records .[ 7]
On March 10, 2016, Switchfoot released a behind-the-scenes video showing the band working on their tenth studio album.[ 6] Album title and release date were officially announced on May 12, 2016.[ 8] [ 9] Later the same day, the band released a trailer for the album,[ 10] and a music video for an acoustic version of "Live It Well" onto YouTube .[ 11] "Float" was released to radio on May 18, 2016.[ 12] An official music video for "Float", filmed in Manila , was released at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time on May 25, 2016.[ 13] The band premiered the title track "Where the Light Shines Through" on June 3, 2016, at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego, CA.[ 14] Six days later, they released the official studio recording of the same track on iTunes.[ 15]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Holy Water" 3:47 2. "Float" 4:12 3. "Where the Light Shines Through" 4:24 4. "I Won't Let You Go" 4:47 5. "If the House Burns Down Tonight" 4:31 6. "The Day That I Found God" 4:18 7. "Shake This Feeling" 3:37 8. "Bull in a China Shop" J. Foreman T. Foreman Elizondo 3:58 9. "Live It Well" 3:56 10. "Looking for America" (featuring Lecrae ) 3:55 11. "Healer of Souls" 3:47 12. "Hope Is the Anthem" J. Foreman 4:21 Total length: 49:33
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks[ 16] Title Writer(s) 13. "Light and Heavy" J. Foreman, T. Foreman 3:33 14. "Begin Forever" J. Foreman, T. Foreman, Danielle Brisbois 3:58 15. "When Was the Last Time" J. Foreman, T. Foreman, Elizondo, Chad Butler 3:19 Total length: 60:23
Digital pre-order bonus tracks[ 17] Title 13. "Light and Heavy" 3:33 14. "Begin Forever" 3:58 15. "When Was the Last Time" 3:19 16. "Bloodline" 4:52 17. "My Place in the Sunlight" 4:01 Total length: 69:16
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Technical [ 18]
Switchfoot – production John Fields – production Lenny Skolnik − additional production ("Float") Joseph Barba − additional production ("I Won't Let You Go") Tanner Sparks – engineering, mixing Paul David Hager – mixing Additional musicians
Lecrae – vocals ("Looking for America") Eric Owyoung − strings ("Hope Is the Anthem") Keith Tutt II − cello section ("I Won't Let You Go") John Painter − horns ("Healer of Souls") Boaz Roberts − guitar ("The Day That I Found God") Robert Randolph − pedal steel ("The Day That I Found God") Sam Dark – oboe ("Looking for America")
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