2008 Atlantic hurricane season 18 named storms, 7 to 10 hurricanes, and 3 to 6 major hurricanes. WSI, meanwhile, issued their final seasonal outlook on August 27, reaffirming their numbers from the previous month. The 2008 hurricane season saw the first occurrence of major hurricanes in the months of July through November. Four storms formed before the start of August, and the season also had the earliest known date for three storms to be active on the same day: Hurricane Bertha, and Tropical Storms Cristobal and Dolly were all active on July 20. This season was also one of only nine Atlantic seasons on
What Were You Hoping For? in 2008. Two songs from those sessions, "Moving Targets" and "Eyes Like Pearls", were included on "What Were You Hoping For?". After setting up his own label in 2009, Hunt began a new process for "What Were You Hoping For?", writing and recording songs for 10 months. In an interview for the "Chicago Tribune", he said of his expectations for the album's recording: "I really wasn't sure what it would wind up being sonically. I love Bach cello suites, I love punk music, I love old blues, negro spiritual quartets, Muddy Waters' 'You Need Love.' There is a simplicity but