Marshall Potts’ newest album, “The Storm” is a spiritual reflection, emphasizing themes of hope, growth, and introspection. With songs encouraging listeners to change for the better and move forward into brighter days, Marshall Potts serves as an inspiration for all music lovers. The album has a classic country rock sound that pairs perfectly with Marshall Potts’ soulful voice.
The album starts out strong with “Free and Easy”, a song that embodies the freedom that comes from moving on from your past and growing into the future. With a background choir to compliment Marshall Potts’ voice, the song feels almost biblical.
The next song “The Storm” continues on with those feelings of hope, but takes on a more powerful and self-driven narrative. The song forces listeners to confront the idea that, to create a better future and to earn the love we crave, “we have to change our ways”. The song is a little more emotionally raw, with the deep vocals portraying that gnawing feeling of needing to do and be better to deserve better.
“Change”, the third song on the album, continues the encouragement of change, making listeners understand that to live in a better world, we must change to be better people. The song perfectly encapsulates the album’s themes of hope and positive growth. These themes continue to be obvious with “Let It All Go”, with Potts continuing to encourage positive development in ourselves so that we can all move forward in our lives and on to better things.
“Heaven or Home” introduces us to the idea that we can make our home a heaven by introducing peace into our lives. This song feels like a bright, nostalgic summer day that you think of years later. It’s the feeling of freedom and serenity that flitters through you briefly, just before slipping away. Potts encourages listeners to chase that feeling until it settles within us. The next song, “Hearts in The Sky” changes the record up slightly, offering a more relaxed musical track while still pushing the message of changing for the better.
“I Like The Fall” contemplates the idea of change, lamenting the loss of one’s past self while celebrating the strides made to be better. It also presents the listener with a fact: “We can be stronger”. “Rope” continues the fast-paced vibes of “I Like The Fall”, adding an accompanying trumpet in the background. This song presents listeners with the task of finding the good in every bad situation, and that even in the darkest of times, there is love and support for those who ask for it.
“Never Gets Old” continues with the theme of love and support within “Rope”, and finally the album wraps up with “Thank You”, a slower song filled with gratitude towards a loved one. The song contemplates how your choices lead you to where you are, and to the people who are in your life, and is the perfect ending to this hopeful album.
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Written by Madeline A. S. Kilness