Album Of The Day: The Wonderlands: Sunlight by Jon Foreman

Sunlight album - On what looks like rough, light brown paper with a coffee cup stain in the bottom right, there is a photo of a beautiful golden sky over a calm, wide body of water. On the left edge, the image is worn out a bit, and there's a piece of clear tape on the top left of the image, affixing it to the paper. Above it, in the middle, it says 'The Wonderlands' in a smaller, light gray font, and 'Sunlight' in a much larger black text. Below the photo, there's a handwritten, thin pen signature of Jon Foreman. There's also a thick black border around it.

Released 11 years ago today, this is the fifth EP from Jon Foreman. While on tour with his band Switchfoot, Foreman worked with a different producer on each different song in all four of his The Wonderlands series of EPs, each released a few months apart in 2015. The first is Sunlight, with each song being assigned an hour of the day of the midday, from 11am to 4pm on this EP. Like the EP's title, this is the brightest and lightest of the EPs. Songs like "You Don't Know How Beautiful You Are" and "All Of God's Children" bring hope and beauty. Though there are certainly darker moments, lyrically, at least. "Terminal" dwells on the idea of death and its inevitability and "Caroline" reminisces about an old friend who went down a darker path. "Patron Saint Of Rock And Roll" bemoans the lack of relationship between those who have and those who do not, and how many of them purport to worship the same God. This EP is not all good vibes, lyrically, but it challenges and it musically engages with its audience in a mostly acoustic, laid-back vibe. I'm usually a fan of a longer album, but Jon Foreman has put out many solid EPs and this is definitely one of them.

Release Year: 2015
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