This past week a friend of mine gave me a list of about 25 bands to look up. I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of great bands that I had been told about, but my favorite of all of them had to be Frightened Rabbit. Frightened Rabbit is an indie rock band from Selkirk, Scotland that was formed in 2003. The band consists of Scott Hutchison (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Billy Kenedy (guitar and bass), Andy Monaghan (guitar), Grant Hutchison (drums), and Gordon Skene (guitar and keyboards). They have come out with three albums including Sing The Greys (2006), The Midnight Organ Fight (2008), and The Winter of Mixed Drinks (2010).
The video below is not actually their song. It's a song by The Awful N-Trance. I love the lyrics of this song, but I do not like The Awful N-Trance very much so when I found a cover by Frightened Rabbit I was so excited! So here it is, hope you like them! =]
Switchfoot is a band that has been around since 1996, so they are certainly not new like the other bands I have written about. I am writing about them because they are one of my favorite bands and I was able to see them this past Sunday night at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA! This is the second time I have been able to see them and they never disappoint. They are one of the best live bands I have ever seen. What is so impressive is that Jon Foreman (lead singer) sounds the same on CD as he does live, which is something that not all singers are able to accomplish. Now if you do not know much about Switchfoot I will enlighten you. They are an alternative rock/Christian rock band out of San Diego. The band is made up of Jon Foreman (lead vocals and guitar), Tim Foreman (lead guitar and back-up vocals), Chad Butler (drums and percussion), Drew Shirley (guitar), and Jerome Fontamillas (keyboard, accordion, and guitar). They have come out with seven albums including Legend of Chin (1997), New Way to Be Human (1999), Learning to Breath (2000), The Beautiful Letdown (2003), Nothing Is Sound (2005), Oh Gravity (2006), and Hello Hurricane (2009). Their most popular songs are Dare You To Move and Meant To Live . An interesting fact about Switchfoot is that their name comes from the surfing term which means switching your feet to face in the opposite directions. Jon Foreman said that they all liked that name because it was about change and they wanted a different way to look at music. Something else that is interesting is that they do not like to consider themselves as a Christian band because and I found a quote where Jon Foreman addresses this idea: "For us, it's a faith, not a genre. We've always been very open and honest about where the songs are coming from. For us, these songs are for everyone. Calling us 'Christian rock' tends to be a box that closes some people out and excludes them. And that's not what we're trying to do. Music has always opened my mind—and that's what we want."
The video below is one of my favorite songs by Switchfoot. It's called The Sound (John M. Perkin's Blues) and it is off the the Hello Hurricane album. Why I like this song so much is because it is about the problem with slavery all around the world today and that not enough people know about it. Hope you enjoy =]
