Album Of The Day: Eastern Hymns For Western Shores by Switchfoot

Album Art of Switchfoot's Eastern Hymns For Western Shores album - It looks like a square-shaped envelope. In the top right, there's two stamps, one red and one yellow, with some eastern man's profile photo and they are wearing glasses and a general's outfit. Below and in the center is the address area, and instead of an address is written across those lines in handwriting, 'Eastern Hymns for Western Shores'.

Released 15 years ago this month, this is the second independent, studio EP from Switchfoot, released between their 7th and 8th albums. It features 5 songs exclusive to this EP and one alternate version of a song from their 6th album, Oh! Gravity. There's definitely a level of experimentation musically and lyrically on these tracks and it seems like a collection of a few songs that didn't really fit on any previous album. This was only ever sold directly by the band on their web store, and it originally came as a part of Christmas merch bundle, though months later they started selling it individually and I picked it up a few years later. It came in a paper bag with some postcards that serve as artwork for the EP, so it has some fun, unique packaging. This is one of those where it's not on streaming, so maybe you need to scour your local used CD shop to find a fan who has let go of it if you don't have your own copy already, or maybe someday the band will print more (don't hold your breath on that).

Release Year: 2010

Photo of a rotund man with short brown hair and long, lighter beard and mustache holding a handful of postcards in one hand and a CD in a cardboard slipcase and a brown paper bag in the other hand. He's smiling, has glasses, and has a bunch of CDs in large shelves behind him in a room lit with a golden light.

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