Fall is the first EP released by Jon Foreman

Jon Foreman

Jonathan Mark Foreman is the lead singer, lead guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and bassist Tim Foreman ....

, frontman of the San Diego rock band Switchfoot

Switchfoot

Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...

. Foreman announced on his MySpace blog that the EP was initially to be released to iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 and online at jonforeman.com and amazon.com on November 27, 2007. It was released on iTunes and Amazon a week earlier, on the 20th and was promptly removed. It was officially released on November 27, and debuted at No. 15 on the iTunes top albums chart. It peaked at No. 2 on the Amazon Top albums chart.

EP track listing

1. "The Cure for Pain
   The Cure for Pain
   "The Cure For Pain" is the first single from singer/songwriter Jon Foreman's debut solo EP, Fall. It was "released" Monday, December 10, 2007 as a free download on popular networking site Myspace's homepage. confirmed it as a single. -Song story:...
   
   " – 4:45
2. "Southbound Train" – 4:15
3. "Lord, Save Me from Myself" – 3:03
4. "Equally Skilled" – 4:54
5. "The Moon Is a Magnet" – 1:54
6. "My Love Goes Free" – 3:07

Fall & Winter

Fall was released with the Winter

Winter (Jon Foreman EP)

Winter is the second EP released by Jon Foreman, frontman of the San Diego rock band Switchfoot. The EP was released on Tuesday, January 15, 2008, as either a digital download or as a physical copy packaged with the Fall EP in a double-disc set....

EP as a physical double-disc set on January 15, 2008. The Fall & Winter CD combo debuted on the Billboard Top Heatseeker's chart at No. 24.

Awards

The Fall & Winter compilation was nominated for a Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.

Sound

As the title indicates, the sound of this EP reflects the effect of fall time. The mood overall is melancholy, yet maintains the warmth of an autumn day. It varies from the cooler tones of the "Winter" EP.

Other appearances

• The sixth track from the EP, "My Love Goes Free", can be heard in the 2007 motion picture Bella
  Bella (film)
  Bella is a 2006 film directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde starring Eduardo Verastegui and Tammy Blanchard. Set in New York City, the film is about the events of one day and the impact on the characters' lives.-Plot:...
  
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• "The Moon Is a Magnet" was considered for Switchfoot's sixth studio album, "Oh! Gravity.
  Oh! Gravity.
  Oh! Gravity. is the sixth album by the San Diego based alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on December 26, 2006.To give fans a preview of the new material, Switchfoot released the downloadable single "Dirty Second Hands" to major online music stores on September 26...
  
  ," but didn't make the final cut.
• "The Cure for Pain" was played in the season finale of the popular ABC drama Grey's Anatomy

External links

• Official site
• Lyrics