Album Review: Switchfoot - Where the Light Shines Through
I’ve been a Switchfoot fan ever since New Way to Be Human was released back in 1999. I can still remember the days of wearing a Switchfoot t-shirt to school and having hardly anyone recognize them. My wife even had a friend who made a bet that the band would never make it big because “they were terrible”. She’s still waiting on that $20 payment. Needless to say, I’ve believed in this band for a long time and after 17 years I continue to do so, though my excitement has worn off a bit over the past few years. Where the Light Shines Through has a lot going for it, yet it also suffers some of the same problems that have plagued the group’s previous records, leaving it in a difficult spot and leaving me with conflicted feelings. The album starts off on a very positive note. “Holy Water” is a solid rocker, the kind of engaging anthem that the band has become known for and it grabs your attention immediately. Unfortunately “Float” really kills the momentum and takes the album into...