Album Of The Day: Departures by Jon Foreman

Album Art of Jon Foreman's Departures album - On a light brown paper background, the center is a black-and-light-brown photo of a man with blonde hair, just his face. He has a blank expression and light brown color is painted across his eye level. Below the photo, it says the artist name in black, and the album title 'Departures' in a hand-written lowercase.

Released 5 years ago this past Thursday, this is the first solo album from Foreman though he has been releasing solo EPs for many years, has been the lead singer of Switchfoot and has had a few other collaboration recordings in his nearly 30-year career. Jon's solo style is definitely less rock 'n' roll than Switchfoot, and is a bit more acoustic in general, though there are exceptions, of course. Jon has a great skill in exploring everyday life as well as philosophy and theology through songs. He echoes the Psalmist with "Jesus, I Have My Doubts", an admission of losing faith in God, and then follows it up with "Thanks Be To God", a song of thanks in hard times. "The Ocean Beyond The Sea" opens the album with a very epic and cinematic sound, and "A Place Called Earth" is a beautiful duet with Lauren Daigle. And "The Valley Of The Shadow Of Planned Obsolescence" may be about an old cell phone, but it's also about relationships, both in person and online. I highly recommend this album for anyone looking for good, thoughtful music with some spiritual leanings.

Release Year: 2021
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