This Is Somewhere

IMHO The Best release by Grace Potter and the Nocturnal's Many Great tracks Ah Mary, Stop The Bus, Big White Gate and Apologies. Actually every track on this CD is great, I actuality have a copy signed by Grace. I have been a fan of this bands music since the first time I heard them back when they were opening for Gov't Mule at the Chevy theater.

I stumbled across this band a little while ago and was extremely refreshed. I'm a pretty cynical rock and roll music fan, who has been in a depressed state with popular music pretty much since the end of the 90s. So I was really stoked to find a band like Grace Potter and The Nocturnals who are keeping it real and playing soulful rock and roll. I would say if you like artists from Janis Joplin to Lynyrd Skynyrd to Sheryl Crow I would definitely check this out!!! Not quite as good as their first album - I enjoy the raw and soulful bluesy feel of Nothing But The Water more. But this is still a great album. Much better than their most recent effort, a self-titled album. That one was disappointing, failing to maintain the band's originality and instead sounding like a bajillion other radio-friendly bands. I hope we don't see another Kings of Leon sell-out with this band, they're much too good as themselves!!

In sum.. check them out :)

For anyone who has not heard or seen Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, you are missing a great band. This is Somewhere is a great choice to start off your collection. Grace's vocals and her artistry are second to none and her band is just as good. The only thing better than the album is seeing them at a live preformance.

Maybe I expected a bit too much in retrospect. The buzz about how Grace Potter and the Nocturnals were tearing it up during their live shows piqued my interest and seeing their pretty cool cover of "White Rabbit" motivated me to check out this CD.

I find this CD tilted to the light rock side, more radio-friendly than I expected, and, alas, just too smooth and slick. There are a handful of songs I'll revisit from time to time, but there is just too much vibrant, energetic music out there for me to give glowing marks to "This Is Somewhere."

grace potter and the nocturnal is awesome band. The album definitely rocks big time.