But when they aren't, they hit really well (Native Tongue, Dig New Streams, Oxygen). They came and were happy to but it was Jon with the initiative. Like Jon was the only one who couldn't stay away from the studio and was calling the other members. I think the biggest thing that makes Native Tongue feel distinct is that it feels like a Jon Foreman project with Switchfoot. Native Tongue - Seems a lot of people have very different feelings about this work. I don't need to know every information that he went through but the songs got effected by it.Ĩ. I can only feel that an album that actually talked about that or coming out of the storm would've worked but we got way after the storm and leaving a lot of good inspiration behind in a ball of mystery that we still don't know about. Jon talked about how he was in a some struggle and storm before the album and then by the time they got recording it more so became an album after the storm. I also feel that the themes of the album didn't really make it to it. Would've been a great EP and it kinda made sense that they went into hiatus after this album. And I'm fine with christian themes and all but it felt like this album had more just praise songs vs the questioning of faith. Every song on the back half has something that disappoints me.
It's that back half that feels like an axe to the first half. The first half of this album is super good.
Don't get me wrong, there are great songs here (If the House Burns Down Tonight, Float, Holy Water). It feels like it was trying to sell itself to the CCM crowd and make some waves there since it's been the most consistent place of making waves and it still didn't do that. Where the Light Shines Through - I feel this was the band when they were the most uninspired.
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