Since bursting into the mainstream with 2003’s The Beautiful Letdown, Switchfoot have explored seemingly darker territory (2005’s Nothing Is Sound) while going for all out pop on 2006’s Oh Gravity! It is interesting then that Hello Hurricane, the group’s first record in three years walks a line that takes the best aspects of the group’s work of the past seven years and mixes it all together onto one fantastic record.
Starting with the U2 inspired Needle and Haystack Life, the group navigates through similar modern-rock waters on tracks like Enough To Let Me Go, The Sound and first single Mess Of Me.