| Where the Light Shines Through | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Switchfoot |
| Cover: | Switchfoot Where the Light Shines Through.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2015–16 |
| Studio: | Spot X Studio, San Diego, CA |
| Label: | Vanguard |
| Prev Title: | The Edge of the Earth |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Native Tongue |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
Where the Light Shines Through is the tenth studio album by American rock band Switchfoot, released on July 8, 2016. The album was recorded in the band's recording studio Spot X in their hometown San Diego, and produced by Switchfoot and John Fields, with whom the band has worked on their breakthrough album The Beautiful Letdown (2003) and its follow-ups, Nothing Is Sound (2005) and Oh! Gravity. (2006). It is Switchfoot's first and only album to be released through Vanguard Records.[1]
On March 10, 2016, Switchfoot released a behind-the-scenes video showing the band working on their tenth studio album.[2] Album title and release date were officially announced on May 12, 2016.[3] [4] Later the same day, the band released a trailer for the album,[5] and a music video for an acoustic version of "Live It Well" onto YouTube.[6] "Float" was released to radio on May 18, 2016.[7] An official music video for "Float", filmed in Manila, was released at 6:00a.m. Pacific Time on May 25, 2016.[8] The band premiered the title track "Where the Light Shines Through" on June 3, 2016, at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego, CA.[9] Six days later, they released the official studio recording of the same track on iTunes.[10]
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| Peak position | ||
| US Christian Albums (Billboard)[13] | 28 |
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