Potential
Posted May 31, 2009
By IronJedi,
Arizona-based indie label VSR adds another talented band to their roster with the signing of Atlanta trio Seven Stories Up. The label recently bowed Falling, the band’s six cut EP, as an introduction to a national audience.
“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news…” according to famous diarist Anne Frank; and writer/frontman Andy Rocker seeks to validate the personal (Christian) reality of this maxim in his songwriting. The band contributes by doing a plausible job of creating exuberant and heartfelt worship couched in familiar pop/rock tropes sprinkled with hints of latent uniqueness and maturity.
Ms. Frank’s quote continues: “The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be… And what your potential is!” Signaling opportunity for growth and maturity through progression and experience. It is the glimmers of undeveloped potential sprinkled throughout the songs of Falling that augur success for the band’s future.
Seven Stories Up’s blend of pop-rock and modern worship finds common ground with artists like Rush of Fools, Tenth Avenue North, and Brandon Heath, as well as bands like Addison Road, Echoing Angels and 33 Miles. Hopefully, we will hear a full-length project from Andy Rocker and company soon because as Sir Winston Churchill stated, “Continuous effort- not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” And this band has quite a bit of potential left unexpressed.
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