12 Stones - Potter's Field
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Artist: 12 StonesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Music Label: Wind-Up
Soundtracks:
- Shadows
- The Last Song
- Far Away
- Speak Your Mind
- Lifeless
- Bitter
- Photograph
- 3 Leaf Loser
- Stay
- Waiting For Yesterday
- In Closing
Music reviews of Potter's Field
Music Review: Not Impressed - Def. of Sophie album
Rating: 3 Stars
12 Stones is an interesting band. In a field of alternative rock bands that include the likes of Memento, 3rd Strike, Evanescence, etc. who often decry the religious messages in music, 12 Stones integrates it complete into their music. Their first CD, self-titled 12 Stones sold a fairly impressive 300,000 copies in two years and had a few very strong hits. Broken and The Way I Feel touched alot of people with their message of hope and greater understanding. I'll be honest, I was quite touched by those two songs and it inspired my interest in 12 Stones.
Today, I found out that they had realized a new album called Potter's field. As lead singer Paul McCoy states himself,
"This is a bigger record all the way around. We wrote it the way we wanted it to be put out. Alot of the song's dont necessarily sound like 12 Stones songs; people might say: 'Thats not the 12 stones we know.' Maybe not, but its the 12 Stones you're about to know."
He's right, it's not the 12 Stones we've heard before. It has none of the sound that their older album revelled in. It has a more airy sound, a much fuller, produced sound. My only criticism of their deput album was that it sounded somewhat empty, dead, and alot of that had to deal with production issues. This one has a much fuller sound. Cranking it on the way home from Best Buy I was surrounding by a staggering sound stage.
As I listened though, I couldn't help but ask myself: "Am I listening to Finger Eleven?" The resemblences are almost uncany. The production seems almost uncanny. Even the way they added an etheral feel to to McCoy's voice is right out of Finger Eleven's guidebook. However, Potter's field does have one nice advantage: a great guitar player.
Eric Weaver does most of the guitar duties and if you listened to Broken or The Way I Feel you know he has talent. His riffs are indepth and extremely well done. They increased the warmth of his guitar work this time around, not quite as bright as previously. Its a sound that appealed to me. In songs like 3 Way Loser (track #8) and Far Away (track #3) he's allowed to let loose a tad, but no where near as far as in their first release. That bothers me, they're waisting his talent.
There's some good things in Potter's field, and alot of bad things. The over-produced sound, the complete change in style and tone, the lack of really establishing yourself, all of it screams of a sophmoric record. I guess when I bought it I was expecting the 12 Stones of old, the good 12 Stones. Now, I'm not so sure. It is no where near as good as Breaking Benjamins 2nd album, or even Flaw's. Both of those took the bands in new directions but both sounded good. Potter's field doesn't have that, really. Oh, it has some good songs, like Stay (track #9) and Waiting for Yesterday (track #10) but the rest are pretty weak.
side note: A potter's field is where they burry the Jon Does, people who have no family or relations and cannot be placed anywhere else. The true "lost souls."
Description of Potter's Field
Tracks: 1. Shadows 2. The Last Song 3. Far Away 4. Speak Your Mind 5. Lifeless 6. Bitter 7. Photograph 8. 3 Leaf Loser 9. Stay 10. Waiting For Yesterday 11. In Closing. Made in the USA. UPC 601501308222Alternative Rock CDs
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