"Hello Hurricane acknowledges the storms that tear through our lives," states Switchfoot singer and songwriter Jon Foreman. "This album is an attempt to respond to those storms with an element of hope, trying to understand what it means to be hopeful in a world that keeps on spinning."
The anthemic, riff fueled "This is the Sound," with its utterly timely generational themes, finds Foreman spitting, "This is the sound from the discontented mouths of a haunted nation!" The Hello Hurricane title track is even more poignant when it comes to the band's perspective on themselves and the world around them. "I'm not talking about "Rock You Like a Hurricane,'" says Foreman with a wink before turning reflective. "There is a real despair that I see when we travel around the country and it's music that people turn to in a time like this. I wanted to reach out to those people with song."
As for Hello Hurricane, the members of Switchfoot could not be more motivated to bring the new music to their grass roots grown fanbase. "I think it is a landmark record for us," says Butler, turning serious. "It's a new chapter in so many aspects of our lives, personally and professionally. I think we're in the best possible place we've been in as a band."
Available: November 10, 2009
