| I thoroughly enjoyed the new album, but Hello Hurricane is still by far my favorite. I feel like the songs on this one didn't grab me right away, but they're growing on me. I think Jon Foreman wrote some really great lyrics for this album, but some may take a little while to digest. I found reading his articles at Huffington Post helped peal back some of the thought behind many of the songs like "Vice Verses" and "Thrive"
__________________ We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime--the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."-
Martin Luther King Jr. (From 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail') |