After six years of silence, 12 Stones are formally support. The Louisiana-bred irritating rock outfit relish launched “Golden Child,” their first new tune since 2019, marking a brand new chapter through a joint project between Resolve & Jury Records and SV Records.
Notably, every 12 Stones and Resolve & Jury are credited as main artists on the starting up, signaling a deeper inventive partnership rather than a extinct label deal. Founded by multi-platinum producer Howard Benson and Three Days Grace drummer and songwriter Neil Sanderson, Resolve & Jury brings heavyweight manufacturing, songwriting, and promotional firepower to the table — a natural match for a band built on emotional heft and radio-ready intensity.
Lyrically, “Golden Child” leans into introspection and emotional reckoning. Frontman Paul McCoy explained the tune’s core message:
“The tune is ready realizing that in some relationships folk never essentially know every assorted because they were left clinging to a factual memory of the next time, to the purpose that they are able to’t glimpse the forest for the trees. Every so often actually well suited in front of us. We merely must open our eyes and take secret agent of who we relish turn into.”
Musically, the tune balances 12 Stones‘ signature put up-grunge grit with a sophisticated as much as date edge, reinforcing why the band’s sound has continued for over two a long time. McCoy, unnecessary to command, is widely diagnosed past 12 Stones for his Grammy-a success guest vocals on Evanescence‘s “Elevate Me to Life,” a tune that has surpassed a billion streams and remains a defining moment of early-2000s rock.
Formed in 2000 in Mandeville, LA, 12 Stones before everything emerged with a lineup of McCoy, guitarist Eric Weaver, drummer Aaron Gainer, and bassist Kevin Dorr. All over their profession, the band has launched five paunchy-size albums and two EPs, while touring broadly with rock heavyweights including Creed, 3 Doorways Down, and Sevendust.
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