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The Mother Stone
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8.7

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  • Summary: The actor known for his work in Twin Peaks: The Return, Get Out and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, releases his debut full-length album produced by Nic Jodoin.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. musicOMH.com
    May 1, 2020
    100
    Simply put, his music seems alive, and utterly modern – despite its clear and obvious debt to The Beatles. ... This is a staggering work, a monumental achievement – and easily eclipses any of Jones’ acting to date.
  2. Beats Per Minute
    May 7, 2020
    71
    The Mother Stone is a stroke of real promise. With its harrowing peaks of dramatized catharsis and musical excursions that recall rock greats – yet look deep into a dark and obscure abyss – Jones’ record keeps audiences at the edges of their seats. If he can be reeled in to gather his thoughts more concisely, the sky is the limit.
  3. Exclaim
    Apr 30, 2020
    70
    It's a disorienting, manic, ambitious psychedelic statement filled with constant twists and turns, and this is both its biggest strength and most notable weakness.
  4. AllMusic
    Apr 30, 2020
    60
    The Mother Stone falls into a busy and confusing tangle of parts that becomes exhausting after a while.
  5. Uncut
    Apr 30, 2020
    60
    The sheer depth of ideas is impressive, but the result is exhausting. [Jun 2020, p.33]
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  6. The Wire
    Apr 30, 2020
    50
    There’s a kind of manic, excessive inventiveness here, as if the song needs just one more bridge or a doubling of the refrain to sustain its ideas. Yet on closer inspection they are often internally samey. [May 2020, p.53]
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  7. Dusted Magazine
    May 22, 2020
    50
    The Mother Stone sounds like a flowering of long gestated creativity but the over gilded lily looms heavy over the bed and smothers the delicacy of his songs. For all the admirable experimentation, the breadth of his vision and the pristine production, Jones takes his leave before an audience overawed and enervated by sensory overload.

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  1. felleg
    Apr 19, 2021
    9
    A boundary pushing album. For a first album from an artist that was not otherwise known for their music, this is a genuinely impressive pieceA boundary pushing album. For a first album from an artist that was not otherwise known for their music, this is a genuinely impressive piece of work.

    During this entire adventure, Mr Jones does his own thing and never tries to pander to the audience. It's an exhilarating ride where the songs begin and end seemingly randomly. While this might be seem as a detriment, it also makes the record more rewarding at each listen. Being able to predict where the songs go is a deceptive puzzle.

    While it can be said that none of the tracks can be singled out as "memorable", there are definitely some moments that will stick out to you after repeated listens. For example, I can't get the "You Are So Wonderfull" chorus out of my head, but I can't remember anything else that happens in the song even after listing to it about 7 times. Every listen feels like a fresh experience. As far as I'm concerned, I could hardly wish for more.

    To Caleb, thank you for this psychedelic gem that lands at the perfect time, and I am now very much looking for more! In the meantime, I'll be scratching my head at how you're able to play all these songs live, you and your band must have the memory of an elephant (or damn good at improvising (or both?)).    … Expand

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