Chalk it up to a sophomore slump. "Only Hope," "Company Car," and "Incomplete" are actually pretty decent tracks. The rest are varying degrees of boring, mostly because they all fit into one of two boxes: the emotional ballad or the post-grunge rocker. New Way to Be Human doesn't evolve Switchfoot much at all from their debut, which is why it fails as an album. Jon's lyrics are at least decent and seemingly authentic, and the lo-fi vibe gives the record some place in its time. I just wish it aged better.
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