The disc starts off with Shadows. It bears a resemblance to a lot of the stuff of their debut, which is alright, though you would think they could be more creative and make songs that sound different. A decent song, though not all that spectacular.
Up next is The Last Song, which, consequently, is far from the last song of the disc. It's a decent song, but, like Shadows, is nothing that spectacular. So far, 12 Stones is just continuing to offer songs that are the reason why people asked questions in the first place.
Far Away comes to our ears next. This is a great song, and is getting me into this disc now. The guitar riffs and the beat of the music is awesome, the lyrics are pretty sweet, and Paul's screaming is there, but is kept in the background which adds a nice effect.
Now we come to Speak Your Mind. Well...it isn't really making me want to speak my mind. It's pretty bland. The music is pretty simplistic, and the lyrics didn't do all that much either. It's just bland.
Lifeless hits your ears next. This one is decent...the drop off in the music between the verse and the chorus, followed by the return of the electrics in the second half of the verse is pretty sweet. So, nothing all that much to complain about here.
Bitter is an interesting title for a song from a Christian band (Oh, sorry, a band with Christians in it, not a Christian band...). This one is kind of dark and hopeless type music, and the lyrics aren't doing much of making it more hopeful. If you've been in a situation that makes you feel this way, the song may resonate with you, but it doesn't offer any hope...in fact, the chorus ends with a question, "Will I be okay?" I don't know...the value of this song could've gone up a lot if it had offered hope rather than a bitter reality (no pun intended) that doesn't offer much of anything.
Now it's on to Photograph, which is very soft in the verses compared to most other 12 Stones' songs. This one's another that's nothing spectacular. It's decent, but there's nothing that sticks out and makes you go, "Wow! That's just awesome!"
3 Leaf Loser just sounds dumb. The title is just...strange. The music is relatively good, but it's an overly typical rock song, and that's not cool...these guys have the talent to do much better than this...don't they?
Hopefully Stay can give people something to cheer about. It starts off kind of like a classic rock song, and it continues with the softer side of things. It's an interesting thought for 12 Stones to be doing a softer version of their music, but it actually works. It shows that screaming hardly needs to be a part of every good song.
Waiting For Yesterday continues the trend of the songs with softer aspects in the verse or throughout the song, and this actually seems to be a forte of this disc. This song is awesome and is probably the highlight of the disc.
Closing up the disc is In Closing. This one is a relatively good way to close the disc off...it's kind of a culmination of the rest of the songs musically, which is cool. It's not the most amazing song ever, but it's better than most of the disc.
FINAL ANALYSIS: Whatever questions were being asked after 12 Stones' first disc will continue to be asked. This offers more of the same, with some amazing songs mixed in with songs that are decent at best. 12 Stones is capable of better than this disc, unfortunately, they didn't put it out there this time.