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

Shadows EP - On what looks like rough, light brown paper with a coffee cup stain in the bottom left, there is a photo of a cloudy sky with a sunset behind the clouds over a calm, wide body of water. On the right edge, the image is worn out a bit, and there's a piece of clear tape on the top right of the image, affixing it to the paper. Above it, in the middle, it says 'The Wonderlands' in a smaller, light gray font, and 'Shadows' 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 sixth EP from Jon Foreman, the lead singer of long-time rock band Switchfoot. In 2015, he released 4 EPs in The Wonderlands series, each of the 25 songs written about a certain time of day, to some extent. This EP has 6 songs from 5pm to 10pm and each song is co-produced with a different Producer. As the day closes, Jon reflects on his humanity and morbidity, but also on God's love and grace. Like most of his solo work, it's not as rock 'n' roll as a Switchfoot album, but it's by no means just an acoustic set or anything, as most songs have full band instrumentation, sometimes even unique instruments and strings. "Your Love Is Enough" is my favorite song here and "Siren's Song" is a beautiful love song to the ocean from this lifelong surfer. The rest of the songs are solid too. I'm really happy Jon keeps writing songs and releasing them for us, because they definitely make me think and bring me joy.

Release Year: 2015
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