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this is our Christmas album
Rock · 2022 · 10 tracks · 34m

this is our Christmas album

Switchfoot

Sun-drenched surf rock meets holiday melancholy. A warm, raspy, and deeply earnest collection of originals and carols for a West Coast winter.

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It's Christmas music for people who grew up on 2000s alt-rock and still live by the beach.

A warm, sun-faded nostalgia that balances holiday cheer with adult introspection.

this is our Christmas album · vs · Switchfoot
Nostalgia+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 34m
01
California Christmas
4:34
02
Looking for Christmas
4:12
03
Scrappy Little Christmas Tree
2:12
04
Midlife Christmas
3:25
05
New Year's Day
3:35
06
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
3:20
07
Christmas Time Is Here
2:46
08
Silent Night / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
3:24
09
The Christmas Song
3:57
10
O Little Town of Bethlehem
3:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The surf-rock guitar twang that opens California Christmas setting a regional tone for the holiday
Jon Foreman's vulnerable, weathered delivery on Midlife Christmas capturing the tension of aging
The lush, layered vocal harmonies that swell during the climax of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
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