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Home > Crystal Ballroom > Calendar > BLUE OCTOBER
 Friday, July 31
The Aladdin Theater presents
BLUE OCTOBER
SWITCHFOOT
Longwave
7 p.m. doors, 7:30 p.m. show | $35 advance, $35 day of show | All ages
BLUE OCTOBER
On the new Blue October album, Approaching Normal, Justin Furstenfeld, moves his band forward into confident new territory as a songwriter and as a storyteller. Steve Lillywhite, the producer synonymous with U2 and five-time Grammy Award winner guided the way and the result is an album that breaks the mold of whatever anyone may think Blue October is. Lillywhite's first attraction to Blue October was the voice. "For me, it's always the voice that gets me first because my opinion on a voice never changes. There are singers and there are expressionists and Justin is both," says Steve, who quickly adds that just as important is the artistry, "Their music really touches people in a way that the music of great artists do. There is bond of passion and trust between artist and audience."
Approaching Normal is the follow-up to the band's platinum selling breakthrough album, Foiled. Released in 2006, the first single, "Hate Me," a song that offers a stepping stone from regret to hope, became the surprise modern rock anthem of the year spending 16 weeks in the Top 10 with five weeks at #2. The crossover success of the follow-up single, "Into the Ocean," propelled the album sales well into the million plus territory in North America alone.
Visit blueoctober.com for more information.
SWITCHFOOT
Originally called Chin Up, the alternative pop/rock outfit Switchfoot was formed in 1996 in San Diego, CA. Singer/guitarist Jonathan Foreman, bassist Tim Foreman, and drummer Chad Butler had only played several shows before adopting the Switchfoot moniker (taken from a surfing term) and partnering themselves with Charlie Peacock, an influential label executive who sought to promote Christian music to mainstream pop markets. After signing with Peacock's own label (re:think) in 1997, Switchfoot recorded and released their debut LP, The Legend of Chin. New Way to Be Human followed two years later and found an audience amongst Christian listeners, with the title track garnering a 1999 Dove Award for Song of the Year. Keyboardist Jerome Fontamillas joined up for 2000's Learning to Breathe, which found Switchfoot taking more steps toward mainstream modern rock. Breathe would prove to be a transition album for the group, earning a Grammy nomation for "Best Rock Gospel Album" (an award that had more to do with the band's label affiliation than the album's specific sound) and selling over 500,000 copies, thus acheiving gold status. Its success, coupled with the band's presence on the hit soundtrack to the 2002 film A Walk to Remember, set Switchfoot up for a healthy major-label run.
Visit switchfoot.com for more information.
LONGWAVE
Longwave's fourth album Secrets Are Sinister doesn't waste any time introducing the band's newly expanded sound. Opener "Sirens In The Deep Sea" sets the stage with a brief, dueling jangle of chords before exploding into a cosmic crash of pounding drums, falsetto, and larger than life fuzzed out guitar. The band's trademark sound is all still there - atmospheric, arena-sized guitars that build to an epic swell - but now their penchant for dreamy landscapes gives way to an equally dynamic but louder, noisier, and more driving sensibility. Recorded predominantly by the band in their Brooklyn, NY studio (with help from producers Peter Katis and Dave Fridmann), Longwave returns from a three-year hiatus - self-imposed though sparked by a series of unfortunate events - with their most varied and strongest album to date.
Visit longwavetheband.com for more information.
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