I know, Switchfoot and Nickel Creek may sound like an odd pairing. The bands have little in common--until recently, that is. Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Sean Watkins of (the no longer together) Nickel Creek are releasing a collaborative album January 20.
That album will be called Fiction Family, which also happens to be the name of the duo. The album was created in Postal Service style with Foreman and Watkins sending material back and forth between each other and working bit by bit during the down times of their busy tour schedules, and, according to their website, "with very few exceptions, every note was written, arranged, played, and recorded by Sean and [Jon]."
You can check out their site here and score a free download of their song "When She's Near." I definitely hear more of Foreman's vocals than Watkins' on the track. Both artists are multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, so I look forward to hearing what the rest of the album sounds like.
Here's the video to "When She's Near:"
Fiction Family - When She's Near from ATO Records on Vimeo.
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I enjoyed this and would really like to hear more. They are coming to Seattle on Feb 3 too..just FYI :)
Very interesting... will have to check this out...
Yeah, good comment, Matt. I meant to mention in my post that they were touring and would be hitting Portland and Seattle among other places, but then I completely forgot. Thanks for reminding me!
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