However, nothing more was heard about the project until July 2010, when Jon Foreman and guitarist Drew Shirley said the band was aiming to complete Vice Verses by the summer of 2011. In October 2009, Foreman said that most of the songs were ready to go and "if the next record came out today, it would be called Vice Verses." In December, bassist Tim Foreman was quoted saying that the album was nearly done and that he thought it was going to be even better than Hello Hurricane. This plan was short-lived, however, with Foreman later stating that the band had "already replaced a lot the songs on Vice Verses with new songs" and that Vice Verses was a departure from Hello Hurricane. This announcement came on the heels of a Twitter post in which the band said they had recorded four albums' worth of material during the Hurricane sessions and intended to release the records one by one.
I think it's the title of the next one." On April 23, 2009, Switchfoot officially announced via Twitter that the album that would release following Hello Hurricane would be titled Vice Verses. Foreman iterated to the audience that the song was not slated for release on the upcoming Switchfoot record, Hello Hurricane, but would appear on the following record, saying "This isn't going to be on that record, it's going to be on the next one. The title track "Vice Verses" was first performed by Jon Foreman at an acoustic benefit show on April 12, 2009. Īs of November 2013, the album has sold 188,000 copies in the U.S. The song "Afterlife" was nominated for the 2013 GMA Dove Award in the category Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year. "The Original" impacted radio on September 11, 2012. "Afterlife" impacted radio on February 28, 2012. Vice Verses debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number eight. " Dark Horses" was the first single released from the album, with an August 2 radio date and digital release on the same day. Vice Verses is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot.
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