Louder Than The Music

Sanctus Real lead singer Matt Hammitt will release a very special solo album titled 'Every Falling Tear' on 13th September 2011, featuring songs he wrote last year as his newborn son, Bowen, went through a season of surgeries for a rare heart condition. Matt will also release a new single from the album each month leading up to the September release, starting with 'All Of Me', the first single which is available now at the iTunes US and iTunes UK stores.

Matthew and Sarah Hammitt's son, Bowen Matthew Hammitt, was born in September 2010 with a serious and rare congenital heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), in which the left side of the heart is severely underdeveloped. Just a few days after his birth, Bowen, whose name means 'small, victorious one', underwent his first open heart surgery. The surgery went well, but the next night he suffered cardiac arrest and Matt and Sarah feared they would lose him. After an hour of CPR on his tiny chest, still open from the surgery, Bowen was revived and placed on life support.


Slowly over the next few weeks, Bowen became stronger and no longer needed to be on life support or even oxygen. However, he had other complications including a stroke and being diagnosed with hyperinsulinism, and will need additional surgery. A portion of the proceeds from the single, as well as from the album, will be donated to the Hammitts new nonprofit, the Whole Hearts Foundation which aims to bring hope to families and individuals who suffer from congenital heart defects.