Album Rating: 4.0

Good review and definitely a cool EP. Especially "Overthrow" and "Stitches." But the version of "Dirty Second Hands" on Oh! Gravity sounds much better to me-- the production really elevates it, and I like the additions to the end. The whole thing sounds more complete.



Overall, I cut Switchfoot a little more slack. I don't think they regressed after NIS. They just chose to go in a different direction, and I rather like where they've gone. Better than where they could have gone? I don't know. Switchfoot has tried some diverse sounds, and I like that they keep changing. It gives them longevity the average band lacks. I'm not sure that this is the overall direction they should have taken because I don't know if it would have lasted long-term. But I think they could have included more of this style in the mix somewhere. Or they could have released one good album of this before moving on to another sound. Instead, we got Oh! Gravity., which was kind of an amalgam of sounds (granted, I liked it for that reason, and Dirty Second Hands was definitely one of the best songs on the album).

Album Rating: 4.0

I am still a fan of their material after this and I don't think the quality of their music dipped that significantly but, like I said, they've never really progressed their sound to anything more interesting than this.

Wow, I completely agree. Brutal album, sing-songy and repetitive. And Nothing is Sound is most definitely Switchfoot's best full length album-- though I would argue that the band's work only started to dip in quality after "Oh! Gravity". This could be related to the fact that after that album the band split off and formed their own production company. Then again, "The Beautiful Letdown" was recorded in Jon Foreman's room. "Learning to Breathe" - "Oh! Gravity" = Spectacular. ("Hello Hurricane", "Vice Verses") =< a Richard Gere movie marathon.

Just heard this, probably their best stuff