''Where the Light Shines Through'' is the tenth studio album by American rock band

Switchfoot Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drums, percussion), and Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards, back ...

, released on July 8, 2016. The album was recorded in the band's recording studio Spot X in their hometown

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, and produced by Switchfoot and John Fields, with whom the band has worked on their breakthrough album ''

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Promotion

On March 10, 2016, Switchfoot released a behind-the-scenes video showing the band working on their tenth studio album. Album title and release date were officially announced on May 12, 2016. Later the same day, the band released a trailer for the album, and a music video for an acoustic version of "Live It Well" onto

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. "Float" was released to radio on May 18, 2016. An official music video for "Float", filmed in

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, was released at 6:00a.m.

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on May 25, 2016. The band premiered the title track "Where the Light Shines Through" on June 3, 2016, at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego, CA. Six days later, they released the official studio recording of the same track on iTunes.

Track listing

Personnel

Switchfoot *

Jon Foreman Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) is an American musician, the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Ti ...

– lead vocals, guitar *

Tim Foreman Switchfoot is an American rock music, rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drum kit, drums, percussion), and Jerome Fontamillas (g ...

– bass guitar, background vocals *Chad Butler – drums, percussion *

Jerome Fontamillas Jerome Fontamillas (born June 20, 1967) is an American musician. Fontamillas has played in several bands, notably with industrial rock band Mortal and alternative rock band Fold Zandura, with longtime musical partner Jyro Xhan. Since 2003, he ha ...

– keyboards, guitar *

Drew Shirley Andrew Philip "Drew" Shirley (born April 3, 1974) is an American rock guitarist, formerly of All Together Separate, and of the Grammy Award winning alternative rock band Switchfoot from 2005 until 2022. Career Shirley attended California Bapti ...

– guitar TechnicalInformation from the album booklet. *

– production * John Fields – production *Lenny Skolnik − additional production *Joseph Barba − additional production *

Tanner Sparks Tanner Sparks is an American audio engineer, mix engineer, record producer, and musician. Sparks has recorded multiple artists, including the double-platinum winning artist Switchfoot. Sparks was the previous bassist for the band Destroy the R ...

– engineering, mixing *Paul David Hager – mixing Additional musicians *

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– vocals *

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− strings *Keith Tutt II − cello section * John Painter − horns *Boaz Roberts − guitar * Robert Randolph − pedal steel *Sam Dark – oboe

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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