Track 5, “Vice Verses (Darren King of Mutemath Remix)” off of Switchfoot’s newest EP, “Vice Re-Verses.”
“Vice Re-Verses”, Switchfoot’s newest EP, was available in an exclusive CD release for Record Store Day on April 21, 2012. The EP will be on iTunes on May 1, 2012, and is available for pre-order now.
Track 3 off of Switchfoot’s newest EP, “Blinding Light (Adam Young of Owl City Remix).”
“Vice Re-Verses”, Switchfoot’s newest EP, was available in an exclusive CD release for Record Store Day on April 21, 2012. The EP will be on iTunes on May 1, 2012, and is available for pre-order now.
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Over the course of the last year, I’ve worked alongside many of you in an effort to build up My Switchfeed - the Switchfoot, Jon Foreman, and Fiction Family fansite. Recently, in the midst of our construction, the idea I’ve had for a while came to full view as an overwhelming amount of you left feedback. The common thread weaving through my thoughts and the responses from you indicate one main point: what differs us from any other fansite?
Mirroring our friends over at Land of Broken Hearts, lately I’ve been building up the site into exactly them, in a quest to find a purpose. Most of you commented that Switchbeats and the bringing back of the ‘soldiers was something you loved, and something that contained a reason - and so after hard thought and discussion, I’ve decided that I’m going to be heading into it full time.
Starting today, not only will I be working with other fansites to manage Switchbeats, but will be publishing a weekly promotional column over at LOBH on how the singles/albums are doing. In addition, sometime in the next few months, I’m set to launch a fansite for the band Tenth Avenue North. While I’m still working on a name, I’m gathering information for the site - if you ever want to help me out over there, I’d much appreciate it.
It would stink to have to never speak to any of you again, so I’m glad that’s not the case. I’ll be over at the Switchfoot Boards, LOBH, Switchbeats, and almost any other place you can think of. As I move yet again to another chapter, it’s nice to know I’ll still be keeping the support and friendship gained from you all.
Yes, after one year, My Switchfeed is closing down - but in reality, I’m just moving along. Things will still be the same. It’s all wrong, but it’s alright.
Did you know? My Switchfeed’s first post, while it was lost in the transfer to Wordpress, was a recording of “Chem 6a.” It’s all wrong, but it’s alright.
Jon played a NEW Fiction Family song last night at an aftershow. This song will be featured on their second release, Fiction Family Reunion.
Jon announces the title of the next Fiction Family record, “Fiction Family Reunion.” (Hint - you’ve seen this before….think back to last summer).
Switchfoot covered Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” last night in Covington. (According to rumor, he also played a new song called “Before Our Time” at an aftershow AND stated that it was highly likely that “Light and Heavy” would be appearing on a record for TWLOHA).
ways to instantly brighten your day: watching drew & the gang scream down a roller coaster.
Even though we’re still under construction, our weekly “Afterlife” results are here - this is the basic week summary:
We have entered the Rock Billboard Charts, but since we’re so low, we do not appear on the basic pre-release charts. We find out our spot on those charts tomorrow - check back on our facebook/twitter page for info. (UPDATE: The single is now #49 on Billboard Rock Charts [+1 from last week]).
And detailed results:
Current Position: #26
Last Week’s Position: #25
Song Plays: 361 (+22 from last week)
Other Feats: None
Current Position: #23
Last Week’s Position: #23
Song Plays: 406 (+37 from last week)
Other Feats: 1 new Mediabase station add this week.
Current Position: #40
Last Week’s Position: #52
Song Plays: 71 (+29 from last week)
Other Feats: 1 new Mediabase station add this week.
Current Position: #8
Last Week’s Position: #3
Song Plays: 211 (-20 from last week)
Other Feats: None
Current Position: #28
Last Week’s Position: #33
Song Plays: 840 (+156)
Other Feats: None
C’mon and Request!
Promotional material is up on Switchbeats! Keep spreading the word and requesting “Afterlife.”
Want to win an exclusive “Afterlife” poster for FREE? Reblog THIS “Afterlife” video, and you’re automatically entered to win 1 of 10 posters! The more times you reblog, the higher your chance of winning.
More great quotes & artwork coming in our new quotes section soon!
Let’s start off with a quick “Afterlife” update - the single has entered the Billboard Rock Chart at #50!
Great news! The single has been gaining steady airplay on these two rock stations, so head over and encourage them to keep playing!
Find and check Switchfoot’s “Afterlife” - The only thing that you’re required to fill in is your name and the confirmation code.
The guys have been having fun during their time off. Chad’s been roaming San Diego (uh oh) and Tim and Jon have been…um…”partying.”
“This definitely did not happen.” (Credit: Jon Foreman)
“Nothing beats baseball #openingday!” (Credit: Tim Foreman)
“California in Spring….” (Credit: Chad Butler)
Nice. The tumblr contest for “Afterlife” will be ending soon! We’re at 163 reblogs, and 10 winners will be selected to win an exclusive ‘Afterlife’ poster. Reblog THIS video to win! If you’re on twitter, be sure to participate in “Come Alive”, the twitter artwork contest. 5 winners will win a poster! Learn more HERE.
Is Switchfoot working with ESPN again? Tom Pelissero, senior editor of the ESPN website, made a (mean) comment about the guys:
Promotion on ESPN = Good. Negative SF comments = GET HIM.
The band “A Lion Named Roar” is opening (along with The Rocket Summer) for Switchfoot on April 15 in IN:
Tickets for the show are available HERE. Speaking of the April 15 show, The Starpress posted an article on the band HERE.
Noted for their energetic live shows, Switchfoot has received many awards, including recognition at the San Diego Music Awards, GMA Dove Awards and the Grammy award in 2011 for “Best Rock Gospel Album” for their seventh studio album, Hello Hurricane.
Jon Foreman sighting! Sean Watkins tweeted that he was featured in the new Watkins Family Hour podcast, and sure enough, there he was! Head on over to iTunes HERE to see Jon join on “Go Tell It On A Mountain” and “Just Rob Me.”
Switchfoot sighting! Vice Verses has been featured playing on a new Logitech speaker: (Thanks LOBH)
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Don’t forget to request to 2 stations today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
One year ago from Monday, I created an account named “myswitchfeed” on a blogging site called tumblr. Since then, over 50,000 of you have visited us via tumblr and wordpress! It’s hard to believe that it’s been one year already. So today, in celebration of us, we’ll be taking you through a timeline of history for this special birthday post.
(Yeah, it’s Thursday, and our official anniversary was Monday…but i’ve been away and super busy, so chill).
On April 2, 2011, I dove into the switchfoot world for the first time as I created a fan blog on Tumblr called “My Switchfeed.” Within an hour, we had our first follower! This was our first post:
4/2/2011: My Switchfeed opens!
My Switchfeed, the unofficial fan blog for Switchfoot, is now open! Check back often for band news, pics, videos, quotes, songs, interviews, and much more!
That wasn’t the worst of it. I still cringe every time I look through our archive.
This is what the site looked like just after we launched:
Those were some HEAVY three pages, eh? Our theme changed mid-April:
At that point, only about six pages existed on the site:
I had developed “Weekly News Podcasts” - weekly videos which summed up the week in switchfoot news. The concept was killed in June 2011. This was the opener for the podcasts:
Our early twitter account:
And our very first social networking icon:
After the Vice Verses album art was released in mid-June 2011, we had our first makeover!
We also re-did our blog for the 2011 Bro-Am:
A screenshot of our LENGTHY song of the week: (sarcasm)
We also kept a site counter in the “about” page, ticking off the time to Vice Verses….
Oh yeah, that’s a pretty looking HTML widget. Heh.
This was my favorite tumblr layout. We used it from early July to late September:
In those days, our posts were short & sweet. Instead of long compilation posts, each piece of news had its own separate area, which made it easier for Tumblr folks to re-blog and share the word.
Right before the release of Vice Verses, we updated for the last time on tumblr:
And then, we rocked your world (um…kinda) by announcing that we would be leaving tumblr! This was our moving post:
Hey everyone! I have some exciting news for you today. First off, please use the myswitchfeed.tumblr.com domain until further notice instead of the .com one.
We are leaving Tumblr.
What???!!! Our main site, myswitchfeed.com, will be upgrading to a WordPress site within the next few days. This will mean better updates, pages, downloads, everything. Iâll let you know when the siteâs up and running.
We arenât forgetting about you Tumblr folks.
For every update on the myswitchfeed.com site, it will be streamed to your dashboard. So be sure to follow myswitchfeed.tumblr.com to get all the updates!
This is a very exciting time for us and iâm so glad you guys are here to help!
gracias!
-Alex
And we were off! Everything I had come to know about Tumblr was lost as I began to dive into code and settings in unfamiliar territory. While we were under construction and testing out things, this was what our site looked like:
Yikes. We then proceeded to officially open the site! My friend Kourtney began writing for the Song of the Week around this time, and October rolled around quietly as the year continued. My Switchfeed was being completely redone in content - everything from the biographies to the features were being upgraded. Since then, we have added hundreds of pages deep in the site, containing archives, downloads, songs, artwork, information, and much more. Here’s what we looked like for the beginning of October, carrying on our Tumblr theme:
Before we knew it, it was Jon’s birthday!
And then Halloween came in:
This is what our Twitter account looked like around that time:
Christmas came! We finally began to get the hang of it as our pages were once again redone with better HTML coding.
And the snow melted away to reveal Spring!
This is what the site looks like as of today:
Again, it’s difficult to believe that it’s already been one year. In that time, we’ve gathered about 50,000 site visitors, 300,000 video views, almost more video subscribers than Jon Foreman, hundreds of fams communicating with us on social networks, and made friends with more of you than I would’ve ever thought possible.
Over the course of the year, I’ve come to know so many of you, and instead of drowning you in cheesy speeches, I’m just going to leave it at a “thanks” for all you do. You rock!
On that note, I have another announcement - it’s time for another site construction project! Over the next few weeks, massive changes are coming to our pages, and we’re going to be completely starting over from scratch and re-designing the site. More details will be coming soon.
Happy Birthday to Us!
-Alex
It’s Wednesday! We were not able to report the results of “Afterlife” last week due to my absence, but we’ve got a few results here. The basic standings, before we get into details:
We’re falling - last week, we were #1 on Christian Rock Billboard Charts! This week, we’ve fallen back to #3. Not many of you have been requesting, and the downfall of the single (especially on the mediabase charts) will depend on you. Head on over HERE for single promotion info and request links.
And now we head into the specifics! Starting with the Billboard Alternative Charts:
Current Position: #25
Last Week’s Position: #25
Song Plays: 333 (+20 from last week)
Other Feats: #34 on the Indicator Chart (smaller stations), #3 on Alternative Most Added
Current Position: #23
Last Week’s Position: #23
Song Plays: 369 (+19 from last week)
Other Feats: 2 new Mediabase station adds this week.
Current Position: #3
Last Week’s Position: #1
Song Plays: 231 (-39 from last week)
Other Feats: None
Current Position: #33
Last Week’s Position: #33
Song Plays: 684 (+58)
Other Feats: None
If we don’t step up our game soon, the song could peak - it has much more potential! Head over HERE to Switchbeats to request the song.
Have a twitter? Switchbeats is working with UK Switchfoot to bring you a twitter contest with the chance to win 1 of 5 EXCLUSIVE “Afterlife” posters! Learn more about the contest HERE - write “Afterlife” in the snow or sand or design an album cover, take a picture, and tweet it to @UKswitchfoot. Help promote the single!
If you’re on tumblr, we’re having a contest as well! Reblog THIS copy of the “Afterlife” lyric video, and you’re in the running to win 1 of 10 EXCLUSIVE “Afterlife” posters! The more you re-blog, the higher your chance to win! The contest is ending soon, so hurry!
Good job soldiers, and keep requesting!
Alex
