Every once in a while a group will release an album that totally redefines the parameters of where Christian rock n roll can go. With their latest release entitled Regions the group Jacobstone has done just that. In actuality you can divide this project into two sections, the first is a four song set of good atmospheric rock produced by the band along with Aaron Shannon. The music was written by Jacobstone and the lyrical contributions are by AJ Fink. If this were the only part of the album to be released it would still be well worth the price of purchasing it. Yet this is only the beginning of a musical adventure that is breathtaking in scope and nature.
The final eleven tracks on this album make up a sonic companion to an artistic collection by Richard Harden entitled, "In A Field Of Poppies." These eleven pieces of music are unlike anything seen in Christian music since "The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus". Experimental music has always intrigued me, because of its very nature, it is exciting and daring. As I am listening to this section of the album it is painting so many wonderful and glorious visual images. Not being overly familiar with Mr. Harden's work, my mind is working and being sonically challenged in ways to create my own visual images and it's a blast. When you go to the Jacobstone web site there is a connection to view some of the images that this music was created to accompany. They are as inventive as the music that goes along with them. There is a great deal of genuinely great music being put out by artists who hold to a biblical world view, but there is nothing at the present time that I am familiar with that even approaches the brilliance of this album. As a DJ, I look forward to the times when for whatever reason I get an extended program so I can share this piece with my listeners. It is forty four minutes of experimental heaven. If you have even the slightest hint of adventure in your musical taste, then do not waste a single moment getting this album and turning your friends on to it. This section of the album was produced by Richard Harden along with Matt Spransy.
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Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth August 2002Reviewed by Trilisa M. PerrineRegions, the most recent independent release from Jacobstone, is an album that really has to be considered as two separate ventures brought together on one disk. Whereas the first four songs are essentially the band's latest EP, the following 11 tracks are a soundtrack created to be used in a project titled "In a Field of Poppies." The opening four tracks of Regions are a wonderful display of the…The Phantom Tollbooth August 2002Reviewed by Alex KlagesThe title of the newest album from Jacobstone, Regions is an appropriate one in many ways. On one hand, there is the fact that the bulk of the work is the soundtrack for the travelling exhibition "In a Field of Poppies" and how that deals with some of the negative things about warring factions in certain regions. On the other hand, there is essentially two albums on the one cd, a four-song EP of…Similar sounding releases
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