As Switchfoot’s tour bus begins to rollout after the band’s show at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC this past November, the tour manager realizes that not everyone is on the bus.  He quickly realizes that lead singer Jon Foreman is the one missing. But, no one is concerned. In fact, everyone knows where he is.  The tour manager steps off the bus, and looks up the street.  There on the sidewalk is Jon, playing his acoustic guitar for over 60 kids who have waited over 3 hrs after the show to see him play.

“I call them ‘after-shows’ or ‘further music’,” says Foreman on a cell phone from the band’s tour bus in Davis, California. “You’ve got more songs in you and you just have to get them out. The great thing about folk music is you can carry your entire stage show on your back. I usually start with some old Weezer songs, things people can sing along to, and then I play some of my newer stuff.”

The ‘newer stuff’ has started to come out on a series of four EPs, one for each season of the year. Not only will they be thematically linked to the seasons but Foreman is working to make them sound seasonal – dark, somber musical moods for Fall and Winter, light and sprightly music for Spring and Summer. “I try to choose instruments and arrangements that match each season, “he says. “I picture myself driving at that time of year and imagine the sounds.”