Editing Switchfoot (section)

===''Fading West'' album and film (2013–2015)===
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[[File:Switchfoot_Fading_West_ATL.png|thumb|right|Switchfoot taking a bow at their [[Atlanta]] stop on the Fading West Tour – [[Buckhead Theatre]], 2014]]

In May 2013, Switchfoot was on tour and filming a movie, ''Fading West''. The band's guitarist Drew Shirley said that it was "a surf documentary mixed with behind the scenes footage of the band" and that "the soundtrack will be released as a CD and it will be [their] next album".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landofbrokenhearts.org/archive/2012/05/just-normal-stuff-%E2%80%93-taking-down-a-tree-and-catching-gophers/|title="…Just normal stuff – taking down a tree and catching gophers."|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113427/http://landofbrokenhearts.org/archive/2012/05/just-normal-stuff-%E2%80%93-taking-down-a-tree-and-catching-gophers/|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> On September 17, 2013 Switchfoot released ''[[Fading West EP]]'' containing three songs from the full-length album. Two songs on the EP, "[[Who We Are (Switchfoot song)|Who We Are]]" and "[[Love Alone Is Worth the Fight]]", were released in different radio formats as the lead singles promoting the upcoming album. The ''[[Fading West (film)|Fading West]]'' film premiered during the Fading West Tour which started in September 2013, and was released digitally on December 10, 2013. Switchfoot's ninth studio album, also titled ''[[Fading West]]'', was released on January 14, 2014 through [[lowercase people records|lowercase people]] and [[Atlantic Records]].<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/599/ |title=Fading West EP Release + Timeline |first=Lauren |last=McKinney |website=Switchfoot.com |date=August 20, 2013 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194333/http://www.switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/599/ |archive-date=January 2, 2014 }}</ref>

In February 2014, in a [[YouTube]] Interview with ''[[Relevant (magazine)|Relevant]]'' magazine,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkYDdmRDc8 |title=Interview with Relevant |date=February 27, 2014 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307063126/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkYDdmRDc8 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 }}</ref> Jon Foreman hinted that a new album was coming out in late 2014 or early 2015 which would mostly consist of the songs that were cut from the ''Fading West'' film. The album, an EP titled ''[[The Edge of the Earth]]'', was released on September 9, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/622/The+Edge+of+the+Earth+EP+Release |title=The Edge of the Earth EP Release |first=Lauren |last=McKinney |website=Switchfoot.com |date=September 10, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115019/http://www.switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/622/The+Edge+of+the+Earth+EP+Release |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> Foreman also announced that he would be releasing between 30-50 new songs for his solo albums most likely during 2015.

Switchfoot toured in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands in May and June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/633/UK/Europe+Tour |title=UK/Europe Tour |publisher=Switchfoot.com |date=May 18, 2015 |access-date=December 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102184554/http://switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/633/UK/Europe+Tour |archive-date=January 2, 2016 }}</ref>
In July and August 2015, Switchfoot toured with [[Needtobreathe]], [[Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors]], and [[Colony House (band)|Colony House]] during the second leg of the 2015 "Tour De Compadres" tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/630/Summer+Tour+with+NEEDTOBREATHE |title=Summer Tour with NEEDTOBREATHE |publisher=Switchfoot.com |date=February 2, 2015 |access-date=December 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102184554/http://switchfoot.com/switchfoot/blog-article/news/630/Summer+Tour+with+NEEDTOBREATHE |archive-date=January 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.needtobreathe.com/news/tour-de-compadres-tour-dates-brother-out-now-20741 |title=TOUR DE COMPADRES Tour Dates + "Brother" Out Now |publisher=[[Needtobreathe]] |date=February 2, 2015 |access-date=December 27, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102184554/http://www.needtobreathe.com/news/tour-de-compadres-tour-dates-brother-out-now-20741 |archive-date=January 2, 2016 }}</ref>