Switchfoot has revealed the cover and tracklist for Fading West, the band’s ninth studio album, due Jan. 14.
The 11-song record shares its title with Switchfoot’s recently released documentary, which follows the San Diego band through touring, recording and an international search for waves. The film was released digitally Dec. 10 after being screened during the band’s fall tour.
Fading West is more than a companion soundtrack, though the film and album grew from the same stretch of travel. The project finds Switchfoot drawing on the landscapes and sounds encountered along the way while expanding beyond the guitar-driven approach of 2011’s Vice Verses.
Fans have already heard part of the album through the Fading West EP, released in September. The preview included “Who We Are” and “Love Alone Is Worth the Fight,” the first two songs on the full-length record.
The newly announced tracklist also includes “When We Come Alive,” “The World You Want,” “Saltwater Heart” and the curiously titled “Ba55.” Apparently, even Switchfoot occasionally has to spell something like it is using a calculator.
Fading West is available for preorder through iTunes.
Fading West Tracklist
- Love Alone Is Worth the Fight
- Who We Are
- When We Come Alive
- Say It Like You Mean It
- The World You Want
- Slipping Away
- Ba55
- Let It Out
- All or Nothing at All
- Saltwater Heart
- Back to the Beginning Again