Switchfoot's lead singer Jon Foreman talks about 'Hello Hurricane'

November 3, 1:29 PMNashville Gospel Music & Entertainment ExaminerKathryn Darden

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Switchfoot's Hello Hurricane Releases November 10

As reported in Switchfoot's Hello Hurricane to release November 10, Switchfoot's latest offering Hello Hurricane will release on November 10, and Switchfoot has a headlining fall tour in support of the new project with an upcoming  appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Switchfoot's lead singer Jon Foreman recently shared some of his thoughts on what inspired the new CD and what the title song "Hello Hurricane" means.

Hello Hurricane - Singing into the Storm

"The storms of this life shatter our plans. They tear through our world and destroy our hopes and dreams, says Foreman. "Hello Hurricane is an attempt to sing into the storm. Hello Hurricane is a declaration: you can't silence my love. My plans will fail, the storms of this life will come, and chaos will disrupt even my best intentions, but my love will not be destroyed."

Switchfoot Finds a Deeper Order

Jon Foreman finds a "deeper order" beneath the sound and the fury of life's storms - an order deeper than life itself which cannot be shaken. "There is a love stronger than the chaos, running underneath us - beckoning us to go below the skin-deep externals, beyond the wind, even into the eye of the storm."

On Respecting Hurricanes

Having witnessed storms in his own life, both on the East Coast where he grew up, and in his life as a musician, Foreman says he approached the subject of hurricanes "with holy reverence" stating he knows firsthand "of the houses lost, of the dreams turned into nightmares."

Hurricanes Cannot Silence Love

"Last year, with Habitat for Humanity we helped to build a house for a woman who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane had taken her city, her house, and her leg. As she relocated to Baton Rouge and learned how to walk as an amputee, her mantra was this: 'I walked out of my house and my life in New Orleans on my own legs, I'm going to walk into this one the same way.' This is the spirit that I wanted to capture with this song, and moreover with this record. The storms of life might take my house, my loved ones, or even my life - but they cannot silence my love."

"Hello Hurricane"

you can't silence my love

I've got doors and windows

boarded up

all your dead end fury is

not enough

you can't silence my love

every thing I have I count as loss

everything I have is stripped away

before I started building

I counted up these costs

there's nothing left for you to take away

hello hurricane

More info on Hello Hurricane and Switchfoot's fall tour, read Switchfoot releases new album with headlining fall tour, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. To read Jon Foreman's complete essay, go to Switchfoot Hello Hurricane - The Songs. For Switchfoot tour dates, Hello Hurricane song previews and more, go to www.Switchfoot.com.