Editing Switchfoot (section)

===“Hello Hurricane” and “Eastern Hymns for Western Shores” (2008–2010)===
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Prior to the label split, Foreman had announced in a March 17, 2007 [[MySpace]] blog that Switchfoot had begun pre-production for a new album; he said that “the new SF record is underway.” On October 12, 2007, Foreman also announced that the band had begun construction of their own studio in their hometown of San Diego. The studio, named Spot X Studio, was completed in the spring of 2008, and the band began recording their follow-up to 2006’s “Oh! Gravity.”<ref name="wereawakening">
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In April, the band announced that instead of one studio album, they had actually been at work on 4 albums’ worth of material, and had decided at the time to release them one after another, starting with the first one on November 10, 2009, titled “[[Hello Hurricane]]”.<ref name="twitter1">
 {{Cite tweet |number=1590070082 |user=switchfoot |title=So we haven't been entirely honest when we said we've been recording a new record. The truth is, we actually recorded 4 albums, 80+ songs. |author=Switchfoot |date=2009-04-22 |access-date=2025-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103060316/https://twitter.com/switchfoot/status/1590070082 |archive-date=2014-01-03 |url-status=live}}
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 {{Cite tweet |number=3436998877 |user=switchfoot |title=Presale for our new album Hello Hurricane begins Aug 26! First single Mess of Me hits radio Sept 21. Album release date Nov 10. |author=Switchfoot |date=2009-08-20 |access-date=2025-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814170329/https://twitter.com/switchfoot/status/3436998877 |archive-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=live}}
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When “Hello Hurricane” was completed, the band began searching for “the right partners” to distribute the songs globally. On August 7, 2009, the band announced that lowercase people records was licensing the album to [[Atlantic Records]], ensuring “these tunes are heard around the world.” As a promotion for the new release, the band took a hands-on approach with their lead single, “[[Mess of Me]]”; they hid copies of the single all across the world and encouraged fans to share it by finding the discs and making copies of their own to hide.<ref>[http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2009/09/mess-of-me-hunt.html The "Mess of Me" Hunt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192858/http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2009/09/mess-of-me-hunt.html |date=March 3, 2016 }} – Published September 2, 2009 (retrieved August 29, 2010)</ref> Through this, the single spread all across the world in grassroots fashion in advance of a traditional radio release;<ref name="twitter2" /> the track hit the Top 15 of Modern Rock radio. That was followed by the release of “[[The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)]]”, which went on to become the band’s first Top 10 Modern Rock hit since “Dare You to Move”.<ref>
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 |url         = http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2010/08/chart-wednesday-week-of-september-4.html
 |title       = Chart Wednesday (Week of September 4, 2010): TOP 10!; "safe to say we all have a crush on red rocks."
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On December 1, 2010, it was announced that “Hello Hurricane” had been nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Switchfoot&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All |title=Past Winners Search {{!}} GRAMMY.com |work=[[Grammy Award]] |access-date=July 17, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726094946/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Switchfoot&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All |archive-date=July 26, 2014 }}</ref> It won the Grammy on February 13, 2011.

Late in 2010, Switchfoot announced via newsletter, that they would be releasing an EP of songs that they wrote and recorded between “Nothing Is Sound” and “Oh! Gravity.” It was called “[[Eastern Hymns for Western Shores]]”. For a time the location of the masters of these tracks were unknown. Once found, Switchfoot announced that the EP would be available as part of their holiday fan pack which also included a Switchfoot calendar, poster, sweatshirt jacket, and limited edition post cards with one for each of the songs on the EP. In their newsletter the band described these songs as showing their “darker” side. The EP included five never before heard songs along with a different cut of the “Oh! Gravity.” song “Dirty Second Hands”.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://landofbrokenhearts.org/archive/2010/11/happy-thanksgiving-a-first-look-at-eastern-hymns/ | title = First Look at Easter Hymns | access-date = April 6, 2011 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311161449/http://landofbrokenhearts.org/archive/2010/11/happy-thanksgiving-a-first-look-at-eastern-hymns/ | archive-date = March 11, 2012 }}</ref>