Interrobang

Description

Grammy Award-winning rock band Switchfoot return with the new album Interrobang which follows up 2018s Native Tongue and the 2020 Covers EP. Brimming with child-like imagination and a futuristic mindset, Switchfoot reaches a bold new creative peak on interrobang, the twelfth full-length album of the multi-platinum selling rock bands 20+ year career. Working with producer Tony Berg (Paul McCartney, Phoebe Bridgers, Andrew Bird) at both Sound City studio in Van Nuys, CA and the bands own studio in Carlsbad, CA, Switchfoot recorded the album in a burst of pent-up mid-pandemic creativity throughout 2020 and into 2021. Fearlessly marrying 60s experimentalism and synth-driven new wave swagger, the band pushed past its comfort zones and retooled its sound.

More than ever, we want our music to be a bridge, reaching out with melody and lyrics to sing an honest song for anyone whos got ears to hear, says Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman. Interrobang is an album that celebrates the journey, even when the arrival is unsure. Interrobang is the sound of joy and pain, faith and doubt against the backdrop of the strangest, most difficult year weve ever experienced. An absorbing series of sharply drawn short stories underscored by a dizzying array of textures both vintage and modern, Interrobangs themes of alienation and self-reflection are amplified by the records inventive use of density and dynamics. Credit veteran mixer Tchad Blake (Arctic Monkeys, Fiona Apple) with aiding the albums three-dimensional sound.

Interro is derived from interrogation point, the technical name for the question mark, and bang is printers slang for the exclamation point. Seeking freedom from the broken promises and failed expectations of 21st century America, on Interrobang Switchfoot takes the listener on a twisty, surprising technicolor ride, all the while asking hard questions with eyes wide open.