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Thursday, July 17, 2008
"The Legend Of Chin" appreciation day
I realized recently that "New Way To Be Human" got a birthday post back in March, and there's no room for favoritism among the Switchfoot albums. So even though Legend Of Chin's real birthday was June 17th (not July 17th), I figured there's never a wrong time to show your appreciation for a great record. And today, that great record is 11 years (and 1 month) old.


Yes it's true. The very first Switchfoot album - the one that started it all – is entering its 2nd year in the double digits. I stumbled across a “review” of LOC that I think really speaks well for it. Here's an excerpt:
The reason I like this record so much is because the songwriting is so transparent, so close to the listener. It feels more like they are sharing it with you in their basement or garage rather than showering you from the distance of brightly lit and unapproachable stage. The three-piece set-up impresses me because every instrument has to take up exactly the right amount of space. Each has to support the others while shining in its own way. This requires precise and creative arrangements to be done well. Nothing is overproduced - there are no sweeping synths, and there are not 10,000 guitar tracks layered over one another. The distortion is fuzzy rather than compressed to heck and back. Tim's bass lines are part of the melody - take out anything and the tracks falter. Yet it doesn't sound like everyone is trying really hard - it sounds kind of laid back, actually.

Read the rest of that HERE.

We also have some words from two of the album's creators:
"Written in 1996 and recorded in '97, "The Legend of Chin" is the album that started it all. The album was recorded in its entirety in just three weeks -- and when I say "recorded," I mean the old-school way: no computers, no ones and zeroes, just good old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape machines for the entire project. Editing two takes together was done by splicing tape, just like the Beatles had done thirty years earlier. This album was so exciting to make. Every new day was met with the fresh anticipation that anything was possible. The end result is an honest collection of San Diego rock." -Tim

" The thing that you have to remember about this album is that none of these songs were written for mass consumption. These were songs that were written in my freshman dorm-room. These are the songs of a nineteen year old kid who has nothing to prove and nothing to lose. I can still remember those first few practices: tim, chad, and I dreaming and scheming. We knew none of the boundaries that people have since tried to put on us. Back then a song could go anywhere, and I believe it still can."-Jon

So here's to you, the often-overlooked, yet worthy oldest “child” in the Switchfoot family. May you continue to age well.

If you appreciate The Legend Of Chin, leave a comment with one of your favorite moments (lyrically or musically) from the record.

If you don't own or haven't heard The Legend Of Chin, then seriously, go check it out.


posted by gellie @ 5:01 PM  

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